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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 9 years 3 months ago #154486

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It's funny, the front end looks fine. ;)

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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 9 years 3 months ago #154489

It's funny, the front end looks fine. ;)


Apart from the cow you ran over :spank:

:oops: I think that's been said before - my bad :bat:
Robin ;)

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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 9 years 3 months ago #154494

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And an elephant in the back to balance it out. :woowoo:

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Re:Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 9 years 3 months ago #154512

Did you not fancy doing the offside while you were at it? It can't be far behind.

I've bought a ready made set off Ben well over a year ago after I got an advisory. It passed the last mot, no mention of brakes. So they are sat in the to do pile, along with last years xmas present, SS hoses :)

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Re:Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 9 years 3 months ago #154515

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That one was replaced a couple of years ago.

The rear sub frame will be coming out next year (ish) and they will all be getting the treatment as well as a galvanised sub frame etc.

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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 6 years 1 month ago #183756

should it be a bubble flare iso ?

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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 6 years 1 month ago #183761

Double flare.
David
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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 5 years 10 months ago #185208

My VVC has just failed on both rear brake pipes (to be fair, they have been an advisory for the last two years) so the car is currently sat on axle stands, all four wheels off and her unions and nipples soaking in plus gas. I have ordered stainless unions, 5m of kunifer and a new t-piece, just to be sure.

My question is this. The route that the brake pipe take is pretty torturous, and I'm guessing that at the factory during assembly, the pipes went in fairly early on. After a bit of a mooch under there, I was idily wondering why, when I fit the replacements, don't I just clip them to the rear subframe and save myself some time, swearing and scraped knuckles?

I'm sure there is a very good reason why not and I'm equally certain that someone on here will know it :-)

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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 5 years 10 months ago #185210

If it is an F the subframes are on rubber mounts so move slightly in relation to the body. This of course means that the brake lines will be subject to stress and will eventually fracture.

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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 5 years 10 months ago #185213

hi, do not put the brake lines to the subframe as it moves with the shocks and it will be an MOT no go, it is a pain putting the rear pipes up behind the wheel arches but they will go in, agree to scrape the knuckles is part and parcel of the job good luck and let us all know how you get on.
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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 5 years 10 months ago #185226

there we are, a very good reason not to do that, which I hadn't spotted. Thanks to both.

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Replacing a rear nearside brake line. 5 years 10 months ago #185228

YOUR WELCOME.:broon:

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