Steel hydraulic line repair?

[73Eldo]

If the part is no longer available can it be repaired with a double flare like brake lines on cars? Or do I just need to take the old one to a shop and pay what ever they charge to make a new one or repair mine? At this stage I am going to start tearing the machine apart to get the line off since either way the line has to come off the machine. Hopefully I can get this back up and running for a weekend project.

 

[Tazza]

It all depends on what is broken. If its just wear you can use an oxy torch and bronze it up, i have done it myself with no problems. If its at the fitting you can weld in a new segment as well and silver solder the fitting on, no matter what there is a way around it.
Ensure you give it a good clean first, i used a wire buffing wheel or sand blaster on rusty patches and it worked really well. I even painted the lines afterwards to prevent rust later on.

 

[73Eldo]

It all depends on what is broken. If its just wear you can use an oxy torch and bronze it up, i have done it myself with no problems. If its at the fitting you can weld in a new segment as well and silver solder the fitting on, no matter what there is a way around it.
Ensure you give it a good clean first, i used a wire buffing wheel or sand blaster on rusty patches and it worked really well. I even painted the lines afterwards to prevent rust later on.

Looks like the line repair / replacement is going to be the easy part. I found a shop close to home that says new custom made steel lines rarely cost more than $100 and he thought mine maybe could be repaired for more like $30. Problem is of course its the line that has the fitting the most buried behind other things and everything that has to come off to get to it seems to be rusted and stripped fasteners. Aint old well used and abused machines great! I just have to keep telling myself it beats making payments on a new one

 

[Fishfiles]

Looks like the line repair / replacement is going to be the easy part. I found a shop close to home that says new custom made steel lines rarely cost more than $100 and he thought mine maybe could be repaired for more like $30. Problem is of course its the line that has the fitting the most buried behind other things and everything that has to come off to get to it seems to be rusted and stripped fasteners. Aint old well used and abused machines great! I just have to keep telling myself it beats making payments on a new one

Depending where the problem is on the tube ther are ways to repair a tube , Aro Quip which is now owned by eaton makes a fitting called a Versa Flare , which is an hydraulic compression fitting which the tube can be cut and it placed on the tube and tightened up to make a repair as long as the problem is in a straight part of the tube , I do use a flaring tool to flare the ends on the tube and it works , only problem is bending the tube to shape , some minor bends are possible but a hard bend is not , if the tube is short enough and can fit into a freezer you can freeze water in the tube and bend it with out kinking it , also you can braze it with an accytlyne torch and a brass rod , like you said there are places that will make a tube from your old one pretty resonablly priced

 

[sterlclan]

Depending where the problem is on the tube ther are ways to repair a tube , Aro Quip which is now owned by eaton makes a fitting called a Versa Flare , which is an hydraulic compression fitting which the tube can be cut and it placed on the tube and tightened up to make a repair as long as the problem is in a straight part of the tube , I do use a flaring tool to flare the ends on the tube and it works , only problem is bending the tube to shape , some minor bends are possible but a hard bend is not , if the tube is short enough and can fit into a freezer you can freeze water in the tube and bend it with out kinking it , also you can braze it with an accytlyne torch and a brass rod , like you said there are places that will make a tube from your old one pretty resonablly priced

last ditch you could get a rubber one made and bypass the steel