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Hey all, got a question. I have been cleaning up the garage around the M37. I replaced all the fuel and brake lines on the truck. I had kept the old ones just incase I needed a section or two. My question is, should their be any reason to save the spring armor?????? The lines are no good but how about the spring??? Worth saving or should I trash em?

If I didn't need the armor spring I would lay the lines on the table and take a photo then box them up and put them up here on the swap board for sale. If they don't sell here in a week put them on ebay.

I don't think I'd save the spring armor from the brake lines.

Why not. It's very handy to have around. It cleans up easily and helps when you replace small sections of tubing with custom cuts of your own and need replacement armor spring. Saves trips to the store, mail freight and time. I keep left over spring in my scrap tubing box and about once or twice a year it saves me both time and money.

Cuz,
I didn't realize it was worth anything beyond making something correct for a restoration, or holding crud so your lines rot out.
I figured if your that concerned about correctness, your not going to cut and splice your lines. And if your not concerned with correctness, why put it on?
So why keep it was my thought's.
But you have proved me wrong by putting a value to it beyond my views. One man's trash is another man's treasure.


Just out of curiosity...how much is used spring armor worth?

That spring is quite useful when you are forced to run any tubing next to moving parts or any other place that abrasion is likely to occur on any vehicle.

Trailer queen restorations is not my thing. I prefer clean good looking, good running reliable rides that I can use and share with others that would like rides.

Well my reason being for posting is that I have sections that look great and would clean up with no problems. I am not one to use tubing and since I can get sections at a local auto store, thats not a problem but I dont see that often, the spring on them so that why I was asking if I should save some of the better pieces. I probably will now that I think about it and toss the trashy stuff.

I also saved all my douglas connectors from my old wireharness. They are in a bucket and some day I will get them replated.

I know napa still sells armored brake line

Auto Zone and NAPA both carry it here. I think I'd rather spend the extra few cents/foor for new stuff than expend all that effort trying to salvage the "spring" from old, rusty lines.

M-Thrax. Would you happen to have the Napa part number for the Armor ?

You have to buy the armor and tube assembly. Lot cheaper to save the old pieces that are in good shape, then buy a new tube assembly, cut of a fitting end and slide the new armor off to use elsewhere.

cuz wrote:You have to buy the armor and tube assembly. Lot cheaper to save the old pieces that are in good shape, then buy a new tube assembly, cut of a fitting end and slide the new armor off to use elsewhere.

That was my thought,,,,,,,,,,,,seen brake line at NAPA but never armored. I am not too worried about fuel, I got LOTS of NOS sections that I bought over the yrs.

NAPA 1/4" armored brake line 30" length BK8131196., 60" length BK8131199. The 30" is around $6.00ea and the 60" is around $10.00ea which is only a couple of dollars more then unarmored lines the same length. they come in other lengths also

Thanks Thrax....

Just asking a question...but is there a more modern type of "armor" for brake lines? When I started tearing my truck down I found section of the brake line caked in mud where the line has started to rust away. I thought hummm does that really do anything to protect it...then I saw were it is helpful like cuz said where the line might otherwise rub. But I'm just wondering if there is any other new space age material out on the market?