Brake Line fittings question

[Chaparral2f]

What is the difference (if any) between Japanese flares and British flares? I have Jaguar  (Girling)  brake calipers on my Z31, and am trying to find adapters so I can use  -AN hoses. The catalog from Speedway says the adapters will fit Japanese flares. I don't really want to buy fittings that don't  seal. Thanks

[Miles]

Go to either Earls Performance Plumbing or to Russell Performance Plumbing websites.  They make a variety of AN adaptors.

 

Everything you need to know is on Google. Research the difference between Japanese and metric brake fittings.

[JMortensen]

There is an inverted or double flare and a bubble flare. They are different, and Japanese cars use inverted flares. Datsun stuff is 10 x 1 mm. Jag I don't know.

Edited May 4, 2014 by JMortensen

[Chaparral2f]

Before I posted this, I had spent a week researching these flares. They aren't bubble flares or inverted flares. Here's a picture:

I don't even know what to call this style, so it makes it a pain to order.

[G-E]

Looks like a standard inverted flare, the only exception being to your typical hardline is the fitting can't spin...

 

BSPT is like NPT in that it's a tapered thread, but a tiny bit finer, tapered threads also act as a seal themselves, hence the need for teflon; the metric threads generally rely on a bubble/inverted flare to seal, with the thread only providing mechanical force