Any tricks/tips for unbending a new steel brake line?

[waxhead]

About to install new brake lines and wondering if anyone has advice for straightening the main (longest) brake line, which comes bent in 3 (for shipping, I assume).

Thanks,

Mike
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Mike B.

[Glenn]

I have a tubing bender so I'd use it. You can use your hands but be careful not to kink it.

It doesn't have to be perfectly straight.
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[7T3Thing]

I did mine by hand, without a bender, I recall, be very patient and take your time. It went pretty well.
God luck!
Dave
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Working with my son on his 1973 Thing

[JayC]

I used a large flat table and gently worked my way up and down rolling it like you would a rolling pin. Never got them perfectly straight, but close enough to start putting in the other bends...

[Captain Spalding]

If you fill the tubing with sand or bb's before straightening it helps keep it from collapsing.