[Guest]

I just replaced the brake lines and wheel cylinders. The fittings are all the way seated but the lines can still be pushed another 3/16" into the cylinders.... Obviously this makes for a big mess when the brakes are pushed.
Has anyone else had this happen? Solutions?

 

[RTM]

Are you sure you didn't cross thread the fittings? Are they the correct fittings?

 

[Guest]

No cross threading... the fittings tighten down all the way to the face of the cylinders.

I thought that the fitting might have been different (shorter than the orginals) but they measured to be the same.

I couldn't compare the depth of the brake line seats between the new and old cylinders b/c I don't have the old any longer. 8-(

 

[midpack]

maybe the cylinders take a different fitting, do you still have them to compare?