I broke the break line to the passenger front wheel this weekend and I am really not to keen on the design of it. It has about a foot or so of solid brass tubing going vertical and then this is connected to flex tube up to the frame. Something grabbed that metal section and just bent the hell out of it - I snapped it off trying to bend it back straight.

My friend's TJ has only about 1 inch of that metal part and the rest is flex tubing. I think that is the better design. What should I be able to replace my line with that would be better? Is there a way to just build your own?

I tried taking one off the Lincoln I have in the back yard and it looks like it would have gone on but is about a foot or more too short. Are these things pretty standard across vehicles? Can I order something from another car and have it fit...what have others done?