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Originally Posted by david riley
On most cars including Porsches the hard line does attach directly to the flex line at a bracket of sorts. 911s have a steel tab mounted directly to the strut a few inches above the ball joint mount. The flex line goes in one side and is attached directly to the hard line. There is a spring clip that fits into a slot on the lines that holds the whole shooting match in place. The back is similar except it mounts to the control arm. The spring clips are pretty standard and can be sourced just about anywhere. IMO if you have not replaced the clips, you should when next you have the lines apart.
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Well, once again I find something on my Porsche that doesn't follow the standard. I have the steel tabs on the strut, and my lines go through those. But the spring clips hold an adapter fitting in place that is separate from the flex line. It probably came with the flex line that the PO purchased and installed. The old flex lines won't connect up to the hard lines directly (bigger threads and a different thread pitch on the adapter and flex line itself.
So the issue I had was with *new* stainless steel flex lines not fitting on these -adapters-. I'm pretty sure they'll work fine going directly onto the hard lines (no adapter needed).