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hello everyone. For those that have goodridge stainless steel brakelines if you can please chime in, I would greatly appreciate it. Let me explain the problem first. A few months ago, I started noticing some leaking from my passenger rear brake lines. The lines were on the car when I purchase it. It is the goodridge stainless steel brakeline. Well it started leaking from the top. Thinking it was due to some washer or gasket or even the line itself, I went ahead and purchase another kit from tirerack. The same kit that was installed on the car. The Goodridge Brakeline for 93-98 Supra. After taking off the leaking one and installing the new line to the rear, the leak has stopped.
Anyways, observing the old line versus the new one. It seems like the flares are different. One is inverted and one isn't. Here is the picture.
The left is of course the new line. The right is the old one that came off the car. My question is, should it be inverted or not inverted. I am a bit puzzle and the person at Goodridge isn't going to replace the incorrect line. It is odd that the brakeline just started leaking in the last 4-5 months. Its not leaking very bad. Just a few drop here and there. I put in the new line from the new kit and it bolted up just fine. No more leaking. In any case, goodridge has a lifetime warranty on their product. I sent the old line to them and they tested it out. The test showed that it didn't leak.
Here is the response I got from Goodridge:
"The line itself did not leak when tested and the fact that it was on your car for a number of years without leaking seems strange considering that the flare, as you claim, is incorrect. I have never seen a situation where a line would not leak from the very beginning if the sealing surfaces did not match. Often a small scratch can cause a leak. I've inspected the seat on the line you sent and there has definitely been wear as if it was mated to a fitting with the correct flare. Because of all of the above, I cannot, in my judgement, say that the line failed."
Anyways, observing the old line versus the new one. It seems like the flares are different. One is inverted and one isn't. Here is the picture.

The left is of course the new line. The right is the old one that came off the car. My question is, should it be inverted or not inverted. I am a bit puzzle and the person at Goodridge isn't going to replace the incorrect line. It is odd that the brakeline just started leaking in the last 4-5 months. Its not leaking very bad. Just a few drop here and there. I put in the new line from the new kit and it bolted up just fine. No more leaking. In any case, goodridge has a lifetime warranty on their product. I sent the old line to them and they tested it out. The test showed that it didn't leak.
Here is the response I got from Goodridge:
"The line itself did not leak when tested and the fact that it was on your car for a number of years without leaking seems strange considering that the flare, as you claim, is incorrect. I have never seen a situation where a line would not leak from the very beginning if the sealing surfaces did not match. Often a small scratch can cause a leak. I've inspected the seat on the line you sent and there has definitely been wear as if it was mated to a fitting with the correct flare. Because of all of the above, I cannot, in my judgement, say that the line failed."