Replacing brake flexi hoses anyone?

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MaxyMan

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Hi all,
Got a set of 150mm extended braided hoses for me wagon. Is there anyone on here local to Alton/Basingstoke/Winchester-Hampshire area willing to give me a hand doing them for beer tokens?
Cheers for now :rolleyes:

*got tools
*no ramp so on the driveway ;)
 
MaxyMan said:
Hi all,
Got a set of 150mm extended braided hoses for me wagon. Is there anyone on here local to Alton/Basingstoke/Winchester-Hampshire area willing to give me a hand doing them for beer tokens?
Cheers for now :rolleyes:

*got tools
*no ramp so on the driveway ;)
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This is easily done on your own, get an eezee bleed or whatever it's called and you can bleed them on your own.
 
Agreed, easy job so what is it you require help with (spannering, bleeding)???

I discovered Eezibleed about 15-years ago and since then wondered why I had stuck with the 2-person method for so long.
Last year I bought a Sealey VS820 and realised that it made the Eezibleed look like hard work! The advantage is that it is self contained so you don't loose tyre pressure as you work (I found that unless the front O/S tyre had the valve in the 12-oclock position it was necessary to move the vehicle otherwise the pipe didn't reach), also it holds more fluid so if you are really flushing it through there is no need to top up mid way.
 
Litch said:
Agreed, easy job so what is it you require help with (spannering, bleeding)???

I discovered Eezibleed about 15-years ago and since then wondered why I had stuck with the 2-person method for so long.
Last year I bought a Sealey VS820 and realised that it made the Eezibleed look like hard work! The advantage is that it is self contained so you don't loose tyre pressure as you work (I found that unless the front O/S tyre had the valve in the 12-oclock position it was necessary to move the vehicle otherwise the pipe didn't reach), also it holds more fluid so if you are really flushing it through there is no need to top up mid way.
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Have got a Sealy pressure bleeder that parts ok, just taking the old ones off and putting new ones on I'm not sure about. Haven't seen how they join to the calliper and solid copper lines. Haven't found any pictures of replacing them or I'd probably understand abit better. Is there a nut on the calliper and solid end that tightens onto the line? Have never taken one off so bit of noob with brake lines.
Ta
:rolleyes:
 
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Your flexi pipes may have a male fitting at end which go into the caliper (doubtful), or you will have two female ends which go onto the pipe bracket on the caliper and the pipe bracket on the chassis.
 
3 hoses. 2 the same (front) 1 shorter ( rear)
It comes with nuts for each end apart from one short and one copper washer. That's all I know! ;)



 
OK, you got males all round.

In that case it is simply a case of changing them over.

Be careful that you don't strip the females and don't try to turn the females as they are on the ends of their own bits of pipe which go into the calliper and tee piece, otherwise you will have to replace a full length of pipe.

The lock nuts clamp the female fittings to the brackets, so remove those first.
 
So do these go into the short bit of strong pipe off the calliper or just straight onto the calliper itself and to the chassis mount? Is the rear much the same but just a tee peice not a calliper clearly ;)
 
there is a pic of my front n/s caliper in the off roading section (weston coyney) page 5 you will see the female part of mine snapped. hope this helps
 
I'll wait till weathers ok and have a bloody good look at my callipers and lines as I'm still not sure about them.
 
Yeh have just dug one out the loft will have a flick through. First thing macanicly really struggled with hahaa ;)
 
The T piece on the rear axle can be delicate. I replaced mine at the same time as doing the flexi's means you can assemble the flexi on to it when it's not under the car and they oy cost about £2
 
Bump.
I had a look at changing them today and couldn't work out how they came apart from the chassis clip things. Haynes manual doesn't show anything and haven't found any guides etc on taking lines off. Am I really that thick haha.

Would anyone want to give me a hand do one side etc for beer tokens or somthing so i can see how to do the others am quite lost how they come off! :rolleyes:
 
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