Brake Lines Finished and Rudder Wire Guides Installed

I installed the steel braided lines which wasn’t too difficult since it is basically just screwing on both ends. The flexible lines were a bit more of a pain. The brass ferrules that needed to be installed in the ends of the lines were pretty difficult. I tried boiling the lines to soften them which didn’t help as much alone. I ended up finding a bucking bar that gave me good leverage to start the insertion and then boiling the end was somewhat helpful but I found a heat gun with some careful management made it much easier. The only thing I’m lacking is screwing the lines in. The brass compression fitting and nut won’t make contact due to the brass ferrule so I will probably have to heat that up as well to help with screwing the nuts down.

I then spent the rest of my time putting the rudder cable guides in which wasn’t terribly difficult.