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 Replacing brake lines
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Just received my order of the Speigler stainless steel braided brake lines. I'm aware of the difficulties of bleeding the brakes from other member of this forum and also purchased a vacuum brake bleeder. My question is there any other tips to ease the replacement of the brake lines? Should I clean out the interior of the master cylinders and if so what should I use? Oh yeah I have an 06 America. Thanks for any help with my project.
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Re: Replacing brake lines
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For the rear, it's going to be a lot easier if you remove the whole assembly behind the swingarm where the brake light switch and the hard line join up before you replace the braided line. It's pretty tight back there for two wrenches and it's on a flimsy bracket, so getting a lot of torque on it in place is a pain. I just did my rear line a couple weeks ago after having it for about 10 years... I had the swingarm off, and it was on a lift so it wasn't too bad, but I still needed a bench vice to get all the pieces separated
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Re: Replacing brake lines
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For the rear, it's going to be a lot easier if you remove the whole assembly behind the swingarm where the brake light switch and the hard line join up before you replace the braided line. It's pretty tight back there for two wrenches and it's on a flimsy bracket, so getting a lot of torque on it in place is a pain. I just did my rear line a couple weeks ago after having it for about 10 years... I had the swingarm off, and it was on a lift so it wasn't too bad, but I still needed a bench vice to get all the pieces separated
Dave, I didn't have to go through all that, but I own a complete set of Proto ratcheting Metric and Inch Flare/Tubing Wrenches. I didn't round off a single fitting either. Those fittings must have gotten chemically married to be so tight.
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Should I spray some liquid wrench or pb blaster a few days before I start? Do you think that open end wrenches will do the job without rounding off the nut? Must admit I'm starting to have some concerns after reading your reply.
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Re: Replacing brake lines
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get some line wrenches, I don't know how tight yours are but regular wrenches would have rounded off the fitting... it's a tight 14mm
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Being an actual mechanic for a living, both Dave and Ryk could be correct. I have seen brake lines so tight (chemically married) the only way to get them apart is cut the line and use a 6 point socket to break it loose. A good line wrench definately improves your chances. Only way PB Blaster or WD40 or the like will improve your chances is if it's rusted.
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