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Kisner · 03-18-2002, 01:30 PM

I know I'm wearing out my welcome on brake line questions so hopefully this'll be the last one. Got all new lines and master cylinder hooked up and all 4 brakes bled beautifully. However, of the 20 connections for my 68 coupe (includes the 4 bleeder screws), I had 6 major leaks. Retightened them and am down to 3 minor leaks. My question is how much more can I retighten the fittings before I tear something up? I know the manuals say definitely don't overtighten but they also say to get tight enough to stop the leak. Have been tightening each time about an 1/8th of a turn to try and stop the leaks.

03-18-2002, 01:30 PM	#1
Kisner Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 290	Hopefully Last Brake Line Question I know I'm wearing out my welcome on brake line questions so hopefully this'll be the last one. Got all new lines and master cylinder hooked up and all 4 brakes bled beautifully. However, of the 20 connections for my 68 coupe (includes the 4 bleeder screws), I had 6 major leaks. Retightened them and am down to 3 minor leaks. My question is how much more can I retighten the fittings before I tear something up? I know the manuals say definitely don't overtighten but they also say to get tight enough to stop the leak. Have been tightening each time about an 1/8th of a turn to try and stop the leaks.