Air fittings...which one?

Thanks, but this was for a pickup truck I wanted to fix a brake or gas line, he said, because of some lawsuit and they can't be sold for automotive or truck use. I then went to Lowes, and got a packaged one, no questions asked

 

still technically needs a DOT stamp, just not going to have some clown crawling around under a pickup for 2 hours looking for one that doesn’t have it

 

I bet the hardware guy sold tin foil hats. Lol! I my view, it’s none of his business what you do with the stuff he sells.

 

I didn't think about this, but if my mechanic told me to do that, he would not be my mechanic anymore.

 

Depends on context tbh. I know the shop mechanic for the place im leased to is not really tooled for a lot of repairs. He can do them if you bring parts. But he falls someplace between a tire shop and a dealer in terms of what he is set up to do. And he more focuses on the company trucks which are a diffrent brand model spec and such then what i myself use so any parts he has are usually earmarked for those.

In that context him asking me to bring him parts to do a repair is not unreasonable. Now if i go to a dealer or a normal shop and they told me to get them small items.like that....yea id be rethinking being there unless there was a good reason for it. I.E a specialty part for my rare discontenued rig.

 

What are the brake lines made of ? I would have thought stainless or at least coated copper lines .

 

I dont know what the actual material is called @AModelCat is better at fixing rigs then me and more knowledgeable besides.

But the ones on my trailer at least at those kinda rubber nylon ones. How they work is they use a ferrule that gets crushed betweem a compression bolt and the fitting and it basically clamps onto the hose.

Though i do know there are steel braid ones that are dot approved and supposed to be better..... That said when it comes to brakes i always use OEM lines. They may or may not be as good. But there are a lot of shoddy manufacturers who cut all kinds of corners. So im unwilling to #### with brake line parts and always go directly to the dealer and use the OEM part. That way if something fails due to a faulty part at least i have a legal fig leaf. A very small one but one nonetheless.

 

Seems to be quite a few materials used for automotive brake lines. Seen steel of some sort mostly but have seen coated copper as well.

 

Make sure they are DOT compliant.