jthwan22

1st remove caliper from the car. 2nd, dont turn the nut on the hard line on the car. Make the hard line fix and turn the flex line off with the caliper. Sometimes the nut on the fix line is rusted to the hard line and turning in will destroy it. Plug the hose so you don't get air in the ABS system or MC.

Bill Ball

Like I said, golf tees are the old favorite for plugging brake lines, but I ended up using rubber vacuum line caps from PepBoys that fit nicely over the ends of the lines.

fraggle

I have a drawer full of rubber stoppers and caps that get far more use than I expected. Another good alternative is the fingers cut off a pair of rubber gloves - they stretch nicely over oil lines or can be packed with paper to act as a finger in the dike
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mx22

I'm planning to replace brake lines with stainless steel lines (they are already on they way to me). What is the best way to disconnect flex brake line from a hard line then?

Thanks!

Ad0911

What is the general opinion on these stainless steel braided brake lines (PTFE lines inside)? I often hear that these are ok for racing but better not applied for everyday streetuse.

Ad0911

I had similar problems. Indeed, remove caliper from the hose, than detach hose with hard line fron the body, than hold nut on hard line side with vice/clamp and turn the hose. I succeeded on one side but failed on the othe side so had to make a new hard line (long one!)

Erik N

Re: SS flex lines...

Susan Tomas once told me that the Teflon used in SS lines as the inner barrier was not up to the elasticity demands of the job. That once it expanded, it would take a "set" that would be vulnerable to failure/leaks down the road.

She said that the rubber stock type was a better solution, if you do not continuously replace them like a race crew would.

I have noted that Teflon tape once pulled, remains "stretched", so she may have had a point.

I have zero experience w/ SS flex lines FWIW