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Speaker 1: Today, we're gonna be taking at look at and showing you how to install the Titan hydraulic brake lines and fittings for tandem axles, part number T4830000. So if your trailer's brake lines need to be replaced because they're either rusted and worn out or possibly got damaged underneath, our Titan brake line kit is gonna be a great option because it's gonna have everything we need to replace the brake lines on a tandem axle trailer. This comes with a total of five flexible rubber hoses, one from coming to the back of your master cylinder, going to the hard line and then one for each wheel position and it's gonna be a 1/8 rubber hose and it's gonna be flexible enough so that if we have any kind of movement, as well as the suspension moving up and down, we're gonna be able to accommodate that. With every trailer being a little bit different, our kit is gonna have all the length of line that you're gonna need and all the T's you need to get in place to get to each position on our trailer.With that in mind that each trailer is gonna be slightly different, we'll show you how we put it on ours. To begin our installation, we made sure that our master cylinder on our actuator is empty and we removed all the existing brake lines that we're on our trailer. So we're gonna start out with a flexible rubber hose and it's gonna have a fitting that's gonna match the back of our actuator here and the other end is gonna have this clip installed that the hard line is gonna thread into.

So we're gonna take our hose and we're gonna thread it into the back of the actuator. Get it nice and snug and then we can come back with a wrench and tighten it up. So with our flexible hose at the master cylinder in place, we're gonna start putting our flexible hoses on the back of our brake assemblies. Now the fitting's gonna go back into the back of the wheel cylinder. It should be on the back of our brake assembly right up here.So we're gonna start off by taking the fitting and putting it inside and then we're just gonna loosely hand tighten it so that we can still move the hose.

Now our kit is gonna come with some brackets. That's actually gonna secure our flex hose and what it's gonna go into. So we're gonna need to secure it to the bottom of our frame here. So I'm gonna take a marker and I'm gonna mark a spot right where this little notch is gonna go and that's gonna prevent any kind of movement. I'm gonna drill a 1/4" pilot hole where that notch is gonna go into.

So we're gonna modify the angle we're gonna put it so that when our brake line goes over our axle, hopefully it won't be right above the U bolts. So we're gonna angle it just a little bit and then we're gonna mark our mounting hole. So then I'm gonna take a self tapping screw and I'm gonna go ahead and start the hole before I get my bracket in place.So then I grab a small washer to go around my self tapping screw to provide a little more surface area so when it bites in, I don't have to worry about it slipping through. So we're gonna take our flexible hose and we're gonna push it through the opening. Then we're gonna make sure that it goes all the way through it's nice and snug up against it and then we're gonna take our little keeper brackets and slide it around the collar on the flexible hose.

Now there's gonna be a little tab at the bottom. You want to make sure that's facing away from the hose. It is gonna be a snug fit. But you're just gonna press it into place and that's gonna keep that hose from moving around and falling out of the bracket. So now with our hose in place, we're gonna position the fitting at the top of the brake assembly so that the hose has enough slack to move, but it's not gonna come in contact with anything or rub anything.So you may have to play with it a little bit until you find a good spot and then once you find a spot where it's not gonna touch or rub anything. Then we're gonna tighten that fitting down and it'll keep the hose from spinning. So now that we have this one in place, we're gonna repeat that for all the other positions on our trailer. With all the flexible lines in place and all the brackets ready, we can get ready to put our T's in place. Now, the reason why we're gonna have to have these T's is because we're gonna have to go from the main line coming from the master cylinder and it's gonna come into the T. One side is gonna go to the front axle and then the other side is gonna go to the rear axle. Now in order for