Lasted for almost 30 years on my XJ's.

 

I wish I would have paid closer attention to this connection. I feel like it had to be a male to female style connection to work. Not like your pictures where it is male to male.

 

I am assuming you have hardware stores that carry copper plumbing.
You will need two flare nuts and a flare joint.
You will cut off the existing flares, install the proper size flare nuts and flare the ends.
They may be able to flare the two lines if your take them with you.

 

Hey,

I would also add a little more to this discussion. The Dorman kit is using a bubble style flare to a double style flare connection. The bubble in this case has a flat 90deg back, which suggests it is a DIN mushroom flare, ISO 4038, with a 32.5deg flare. This is mated to a SAE 45deg double flare, SAE J 533. This is quite an angular mismatch, as a normal SAE 45deg double flare will go into a 42.5deg seat. It is also a material mismatch, steel on steel. If you are connecting steel pipes, then you will typically use brass connectors/unions to join them, as the brass is softer and flows around the steel as they are mated/torqued together. If you are using a steel flare into a steel seat, such as connecting a pipe to a brake hose or brake cylinder, or for example to the proportioning valve, then you are relying on a 45/42.5deg interface smoothly fitting together at a close angle with minimal material flow.

To be clear, I still do not know what the original Mopar/Jeep flare to flare connection looks like between the short pipe and long pipe going from proportioning valve to the rear brake hose. I do not know what flare types were used by Mopar/Jeep.

I cannot be certain the Dorman kit has replicated the original Mopar/Jeep connection, and this seems unlikely, as ISO 4038 comes from the year 1996, already 12 years past the start date for XJ production.

If someone has their original brake pipes, and can take photos of the flares in this connection, this will clear up everything.

There are no simple solutions when it comes to brake pipe unions!

Best

Mark

 

Have you asked dorman about their product design?