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heratic car camper
Some points that may or may not still apply.
Banjo bolt sealing washers; you can re-use old ones if they're not too grooved or damaged by heating them with a propane torch until they glow just a little. I hang them on a piece of wire and once they're almost glowing drop them into a Red* Solo Cup that is ~1/2 full of water. Unlike if you did this to steel it makes either aluminum or copper washers dead soft and they will seal properly.
*Cup color is crucially important to Country fans, not so much to others.
If you're questioning the pressure at the calipers then buy or build something like this: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wil-260-0966 to get a pressure reading at the bleed nipple.
The day that I started using a hydraulic flaring tool (MasterCool brand in my case) was the day that my random leaking inverted flares stopped occurring. I have yet to have it make an off-center flare. Not cheap, but worth it if you periodically are going to be doing this sort of work.
Annealing of the SS flares might have got them to seal, but since the easy availability of the Cupro-Nickel tubing I don't bother with SS tube for brakes.
Banjo bolt sealing washers; you can re-use old ones if they're not too grooved or damaged by heating them with a propane torch until they glow just a little. I hang them on a piece of wire and once they're almost glowing drop them into a Red* Solo Cup that is ~1/2 full of water. Unlike if you did this to steel it makes either aluminum or copper washers dead soft and they will seal properly.
*Cup color is crucially important to Country fans, not so much to others.
If you're questioning the pressure at the calipers then buy or build something like this: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/wil-260-0966 to get a pressure reading at the bleed nipple.
The day that I started using a hydraulic flaring tool (MasterCool brand in my case) was the day that my random leaking inverted flares stopped occurring. I have yet to have it make an off-center flare. Not cheap, but worth it if you periodically are going to be doing this sort of work.
Annealing of the SS flares might have got them to seal, but since the easy availability of the Cupro-Nickel tubing I don't bother with SS tube for brakes.
