05-05-2010, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by AP - Chris_B
Factories typically over-torque the OE line fittings. GM is the worst offender, but others do it as well. They find it reduces leaks on the showroom floor, even though they readily acknowledge the are damaging threads and flares in the fittings. It's just something we get to live with. Corrosion just makes it worse.
Chris
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When we did the stainless lines on Zpirates car we ran into this issue, with a damaged short rear caliper hardline upon dis assembly. It was an $8 part, but had to be ordered, leaving John's car stuck on my lift for almost a week... 
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