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The long brake line from the front to the rear in my '98 Dodge Dakota rotted out and I'm half-way through replacing it. (The title says '99 Dakota because the brakes are the '99 design.)

I'm pretty sure the 4 ends I've seen of the old brake lines are bubble flares.

The old lines definitely appear to be factory bent so I would assume they were bubble flared by the factory also.

All the forums I've checked and the manual on alldatadiy.com say to double flare the lines.

Should I double flare or bubble flare the brake lines on a '99 Dakota?

Please note that this matters because the seats in the female parts are very different.

Old line: enter image description here

Inside of union: enter image description here

Zach Mierzejewski
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If your truck has bubble flare type terminations, you need to use same same for the replacement. If you don't, you have to know it will leak. It really doesn't matter what the "book" says when what's staring you in the face is the answer. Neither end of the connection (male or female) is double flare.

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