brake line help!

[Clip]

Anyone have any tips on brake line removal? im trying to swap my fronts and rears for stainless, but cant get the old line off of the bracket/hardline. any suggestions?

haha, ill give rep too!

 

[BosoMKII]

Are you using a brake line wrench? I can't remember what they are called... but they help. If the nut is still frozen on and you are starting to round out the nut, just clamp some vice grips on and use those.

 

[Clip]

yeah, a brake line/flared end wrench. is it safe to use some wd40 on it?

 

[Clip]

it wouldnt happen to have an e clip on it that id have to knock off, would it?

 

[BosoMKII]

it wouldnt happen to have an e clip on it that id have to knock off, would it?

I don't understand this question. You could try WD-40, won't hurt.

 

[Clip]

it looks like there is an e-clip on the line/c-clip between the nut and the bracket on the car. any suggestions or am i seeing things

 

[BosoMKII]

Usualy those are just there to secure the line to the car, keep it out of the way. Should just be held in by its own tension, so yank it out with pliers.

 

[Clip]

k, then the line should unscrew using the 17mm nut on the line itself?

 

[BosoMKII]

Yep

 

[BosoMKII]

Did you get it?

 

[supra90turbo]

Hose the fitting with PB Blaster for a three days. 4 times a day if you can. once when you get up in the morning, round lunch, dinner time, then before you go to bed.

But do that for 3 days and they'll come off easy.

Provided you're not in any rush...

 

[Duds]

This article:
http://supras.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=72
has pretty much everthing you need to know when changing brake lines.

 

[Clip]

thanks for the help guys. got it last night shortly after my previous post. turns out all i had to do was tap off the e-clip holding the line on there and it slipped right out.

took me about an hour to remove the first one and less than ten minutes to remove the second.wned: i shoulda known...

anyway, here's a pic. fresh brembo cross-drilled and slotteds, porterfield pads and porterfield lines.

 

[supra90turbo]

OH you were talking about that clip? yeah... screwdriver and a hammer usually works great.

 

[Clip]

any notes on the front lines, or are they about the same as the rears?

 

[Satan]

Not to hijack, but if things still hadn't worked out, how hard would it have been to replace the hardlines "end-to-end?"

 

[supra90turbo]

Fronts = same deal, with a couple more clips.... or are they bolts... um...

http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/library/TSRM/br/BR_23.html

There ya go, homes. Refer to that if you get stuck :bigthumb:

 

[Clip]

thanks, been using the tsrm for a while now. got the fronts off easy as the backs, just waitin for the rotors to come in. satan, i imagine itd be pretty hard to replace the lines end-end without a lift or a shitload of patience.

 

[supra90turbo]

Not too hard. all you need is some flare wrenches, a 10mm socket, and 4 jackstands.

The ones going across to the ABS actuator will be a pain with the engine in the car, but otherwise, not that bad.

There are like 6 bolts going along the chassis holding the lines to the frame rail. You DO NOT want to break these off, so spray these down with PB for a couple days before tackling this event.

It is easy as hell. All fuel lines can come out at the same time, too, as they are a bundle, and if the brake lines are bad, then the fuel lines can't be that far off....

Good luck!

 

[Satan]

Yeppers! That's why I was asking... figured I could really get in there when I pull the 7M again.

Where'd you get the lines, Toyota? Already bent/shaped?