HELP!!! Replacing Brake lines
Thread Starter
Launching!
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 240
Likes: 0
From: Point Mugu, CA
HELP!!! Replacing Brake lines I am putting on Earl's steel braided brake lines and I can't figure out how to get the clip on the backside of the spindle off. Its where the hard line and the soft line attach. This is on a 99 T/A. Also is the soft line just a push through the hole in the bracket or does that very thin nut unscrew from something? Help trying to get this done and I don't want the system to run dry. thanks. 
Thread Starter
Launching!
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 240
Likes: 0
From: Point Mugu, CA
Also do you have to reuse the retainer clip that was on the old hose? It doesn't look like it will fit with the new nut on the backside of the Earl's lines. The nut is about a 21-22mm nut and the old piece on the hose that the retainer was on is about 18mm.
TECH Apprentice
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 349
Likes: 1
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Originally Posted by 5LiterBeater
Also do you have to reuse the retainer clip that was on the old hose? It doesn't look like it will fit with the new nut on the backside of the Earl's lines. The nut is about a 21-22mm nut and the old piece on the hose that the retainer was on is about 18mm.
TECH Apprentice
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 349
Likes: 1
From: Scottsdale, AZ
Originally Posted by 5LiterBeater
I am putting on Earl's steel braided brake lines and I can't figure out how to get the clip on the backside of the spindle off. Its where the hard line and the soft line attach. This is on a 99 T/A. Also is the soft line just a push through the hole in the bracket or does that very thin nut unscrew from something? Help trying to get this done and I don't want the system to run dry. thanks.
The Earls Hyperfirm lines I just installed had a jam nut that secured the fitting to the bracket. No need to reuse the clip.
open up the clip ends and it releases tension on the clip. It will then slide off. But you have to raise both ears ...
open up the clip ends and it releases tension on the clip. It will then slide off. But you have to raise both ears ...
Thread Starter
Launching!
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 240
Likes: 0
From: Point Mugu, CA
Here's one for everybody, the rear center brake line has officially kicked my butt for tonight. The part where the left and right hard lines come into the rubber hose, the nut for the right line stripped. It rounded off big time. So now I guess I will have to go to a junkyard and find another one from a wrecked T/A. It just pissed me off becuase it was the last thing I had to do! (other than bleeding the lines and putting the wheels back on. Can anyone offer any suggestions on this? It sucks that I went through all of that effort to put on steel braided lines only to have one rubber one still there screwing it all up. Any help would be appreciated. Also is there a way to put a new nut on the end of the hard brake line? Or do you have to put a whole new one on for that section? 
Could you please measure the length of the hoses? I have corvette brakes in the front and I will need different hoses in the front due to length. So, I will need to order each hose seperately. My TA is in storage and I can't get to it for a while. Thanks in advance.
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo I found a company who will make me a custom kit for a real good price. I just need to get them some information so that they build it right. Can you take some pictures of the stock hoses if you still have them? Also, any idea on the sizes of the connectors? Are they just -3 AN?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
