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Removing old brake lines

oo7ravisXJ

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Has anyone ever had problems doing this before, cuz mine are NOT coming off and im colse to stripping them. ive sprayed PB, any other ideas on how to get it off? by the way its the top part of the brake line. -Thanks
 
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its what i did. get it tight on the first try so you dont strip anything. theres probably a better way
 
A good quality flare nut wrench, 3/8" I think
About $10 or so at Sears
 
oo7ravisXJ said:
Has anyone ever had problems doing this before, cuz mine are NOT coming off and im colse to stripping them. ive sprayed PB, any other ideas on how to get it off? by the way its the top part of the brake line. -Thanks
Being from CA and living both there and here, I know you don't have as much rust as we do here. Keep soaking it in PB. With a good quality flare nut wrench (NO! not a cheapy) work it until you get the smallest movement. Keep soaking! I had no choice but to use a Vise-grip on one of mine. It's back on and still working.

If anything, destroy the nut, but don't twist the line. You can cut the tip of the flare off, install a new nut and reflare, but if you twist the line too much, you have to cut the line further up.
 
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