Changing brake pipes. Help

carson_sri

Ive just had my mot and failed on offside rear brake pipe corrosion and nearside front corrosion. Need advise on how to fit new ones. cheers🙂

evocarlos

remove the old bad brake line with a 14mm and a 11mm brake pipe spanner the take the new lines (in the post 🙂) fit one end in to the joint making sure not to cross thread it when it goes in
bend and feed the new pipe in the same place as the old pipe making sure not to kink the pipe then make the 2nd joint then its just a case of bleeding the brakes

one man bleeding 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfTmlOZbXgs

carson_sri

cheers Carl that was a helpful video (y). i will be doing that as soon as the pipes arrive. 🙂

evocarlos

carson_sri said:
cheers Carl that was a helpful video (y). i will be doing that as soon as the pipes arrive. 🙂

no problem 🙂
once you have done one fitting the rest will be easy 🙂
give the joints a spray with wd40 to help their removal and give them a good nip when tightening them up 🙂

jwalker

Just out of curiosity, when you remove a brake pipe how much fluid comes out and how do you stop the master reservoir from emptying?

evocarlos

jwalker said:
Just out of curiosity, when you remove a brake pipe how much fluid comes out and how do you stop the master reservoir from emptying?

i leave the lid on it slows the flow down have been known to put ear plugs in the holes but have yet to find a good way to stop it coming out so now i just take the pipes off and fit the new ones there and then then bleed them thru 🙂

pottsey

jwalker said:
Just out of curiosity, when you remove a brake pipe how much fluid comes out and how do you stop the master reservoir from emptying?

when we done my brakes the other day I kept the pedal pushed down with a bar up against the seat,hardly lost any fluid

jwalker

Thanks, got to replace every pipe on my astra and fit some braided hoses. Hoping it's straightforward

Matt

jwalker said:
Thanks, got to replace every pipe on my astra and fit some braided hoses. Hoping it's straightforward

Have you done this yet?

carson_sri

yeah its all done mate.

carson_sri

thought you where talking to me there never mind lol.:asshat:

Matt

carson_sri said:
thought you where talking to me there never mind lol.:asshat:

lol, never mind. So yours is all done as well then 😉

jwalker

Still haven't done mine but it's just passed the MOT so I've got a bit more time to get it sorted 🙂 had a closer look and they're not as bad as I thought

Daz

pottsey said:
when we done my brakes the other day I kept the pedal pushed down with a bar up against the seat,hardly lost any fluid

This is how I do it too..
If you slacken a nipple off and then press the pedal to the floor and hold it in place with a bar/stick and then wedge it against the seat you will get little to no loss at all

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