Hi - away at the moment but need to order some crowfoot spanners for delivery this weekend so I can replace brake pipes. Does anyone know what size the flare nuts are on the Excel brake lines? I’ve found a couple of sets but they don’t contain all metric mm sizes and it would be just my luck to order a set with the missing size being the needed !!
Any help gratefully received! Duncs
Brake line spanner sizes
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Brake line spanner sizes
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Re: Brake line spanner sizes
Thanks for the info!
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Re: Brake line spanner sizes
and 14mm for the connection to the brakehoses
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Re: Brake line spanner sizes
The pipe nuts on my car are 13mm.
Seconding Stu's comment that the male threaded part is 11mm.
Seconding Stu's comment that the male threaded part is 11mm.
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Re: Brake line spanner sizes
Sorry for not being fully descriptive
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Re: Brake line spanner sizes
Thanks all - it looks like the set I ordered will cover all these.
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Re: Brake line spanner sizes
indeed, my bad. Male (master cylinder etc) is 11, females's 13mmMetBlue wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 15:22 The pipe nuts on my car are 13mm.
Seconding Stu's comment that the male threaded part is 11mm.