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A long long time ago (e.g. this summer) I had to replace both the rear brake lines running from the front of the car to, well, the back of the car; and I had to replace the high pressure power steering line. Since I could only get a fixed size length (though be it quite long) of brake line (and I didn't feel like bending it) and the part of the high pressure PS line going into the firewall was jammed, I cut them using a rotary pipe cutter (the little tool where you tighten,spin it around, tighten, etc) and installed compression fittings to connect the pieces of the lines together. In total, there are 5 compression fittings on my car: one for the PS line, and 4 on the brake lines.
So, how safe are compression fittings? I haven't had any problems since they have been on.. and I'm not going to change it no matter what anyone says (poor college student), but just curious..
well,
A long long time ago (e.g. this summer) I had to replace both the rear brake lines running from the front of the car to, well, the back of the car; and I had to replace the high pressure power steering line. Since I could only get a fixed size length (though be it quite long) of brake line (and I didn't feel like bending it) and the part of the high pressure PS line going into the firewall was jammed, I cut them using a rotary pipe cutter (the little tool where you tighten,spin it around, tighten, etc) and installed compression fittings to connect the pieces of the lines together. In total, there are 5 compression fittings on my car: one for the PS line, and 4 on the brake lines.
So, how safe are compression fittings? I haven't had any problems since they have been on.. and I'm not going to change it no matter what anyone says (poor college student), but just curious..