Read brake demon compensater

[Texsardo]

Wanted to replace the rear brake compensater while I had it up to replace rear muffler. What a trip into Hell i opened. Removed the muffler clamp then found previous owner had also tack welded the end of the pipe. Muffler broke cleanly just above the connection. So that's another story.
Finally removed the brake compensater. New one from A/R replaced but the impossible bend of 180° bend of brake line is a nightmare to get back into the body. Top one ok but bottom one cross threaded. There is absolutely no room to work on line. Removed everything and now another new compensater from A/R again. This time I left it loose without Grace in order to line up both brake lines easier. Not really easy but again top line went in finger tight. Bottom also went in finger tight. When I went to tighten, the top line tightened ok. But bottom line started getting hard after a couple turns. I reversed it and it felt good and straight again but tightened way too quickly. I tried just going ahead and tightening but to no avail. It leaked.
Any thoughts. I am thinking of just taking the damn thing off and trying to bypass it and connect the 2 lines together some way. Without removing the shock and spring, there is absolutely no way to work on it and I don't feel like buying a third comencraper , compendemon or whatever.
Help .

[bobplyler]

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