blk99transam

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I am in the process of replacing the my stock lower control arms with a set of UMI controls arms and relocation brackets. I need to remove the bracket that holds both the brake line and the parking brake cable in order to cut the bracket to make room for the new relocation bracket. With that said, I always do things the hard way first so I thought I better ask for some advice.

All I have left is removing the brake line, but I've never removed it before and wondered what is the best way to do this without draining all of the brake fluid and making a huge mess. I have also never bled the brakes before.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

JD_AMG

You certainly do like doing things the hard way.
You don't have to remove the bracket at all to cut it, I didn't.
http://www.installuniversity.com/ls1...-brackets.html
You can easily bend it out, then cut it from there.

ZForce1

You don't even have to cut the bracket at all. It might be best to cut it, but I've seen some people put the new bracket in between the other brackets. It requires just a little bit of persuasion, but it goes. Might need slightly longer bolts. Someone here actually did a write up for it, with diagrams and all.

HoLLo

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On my old 10 bolt, I simply just bent the bracket outwards enough the slide the bolt in. Didn't cut anything.

blk99transam

iTrader: (1)

Thank you for all of the suggestions, I feel better about doing this already. I'll try to find the write up on here.

SparkyJJO

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What about UMI's relocation brackets is it that you have to bend/cut/modify stock stuff? My Founder's bracket didn't require any of that. I thought they were all basically the same