bencorkill
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Got braided brake hoses to replace my perished plastic brake hoses, my local garage said £50 to fit then and bleed them or do i roll around out in the cold and do it myself i cant decide :/
How confident are you that you can successfully do an operation that will make a 2 tonne+ vehicle stop reliably and safely .. is all you need to ask yourself.
'tis easy when you've done it before, or seen it done and have someone show you whast they're doing and why. If you've never done it, it's your call, I won't say you can or can't 'cos I know feckorl about you .. other than if you have to ask if it's feasible, then pay the man ..
'tis easy when you've done it before, or seen it done and have someone show you whast they're doing and why. If you've never done it, it's your call, I won't say you can or can't 'cos I know feckorl about you .. other than if you have to ask if it's feasible, then pay the man ..
bencorkill
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Feck it, its cold outside and its on my todo list, hes a nice guy so sure he will let me hang about n watch and or help. Worth paying the £50 to learn how to do it properly, and having the job done right! plus it will probably take them1/10th the time would take me
DEFENDER90-DAZ
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Yep get him to do it if you're not sure, he will probably do it the easy way with a vacuum bleeder too
Good call, 'specially if you've not done it. Watch how he undoes the bleed nipples, they can be beeatches if you're a little ham-fisted and you really don't want to have to drill 'em out the first time you do it!
bencorkill
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thebiglad
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LOL VAT?nono "vat" included
No question then, let him do it while you watch.
Big Al inSalford.
New Member
When I changed my fronts both unions snapped and had to make up new ends! OK if you've got the pipe flaring tools etc, but disastrous if you havent.
Its your call.
Its your call.
twice_nightly
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jamesmartin
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i wouldnt bother braided hoses mean you cant clamp pipe off ,making bleeding easier in any future work
bencorkill
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Mr Noisy
Coming in your ears.
Yes JM that's a valid point, but they improve braking SO much and are sometimes required for longer travel suspension systems I would say they are worth it.
For that reason though I have some little rubber caps in the toolbox and I cable tie them round the threaded end to cap the hose!
For that reason though I have some little rubber caps in the toolbox and I cable tie them round the threaded end to cap the hose!
bencorkill
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Wont hopefully need to clamp them off at any point ? and i would rather have better brakes and more work if i ever were to need to clamp themoff
jamesmartin
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yes if you need longer they are an easy fix ,a good bit of the improvement will be the fact youve bled them and put some fresh fluid in caliper ,id much rather see more money spent on discs pads and calipers etc the amount i come across with seized pistons etc but with shiny hoses
Mr Noisy
Coming in your ears.
That is very true also JM, too much tendency to take a 15 year old car, bolt on shiny hoses and hope for the best.
However, for the purpose of the thread, if the calipers are in fine fettle the addition of braided hoses increases control and braking power.
That said, fitting new rubber hoses to a 15 year old vehicle would probably be no bad thing!!
However, for the purpose of the thread, if the calipers are in fine fettle the addition of braided hoses increases control and braking power.
That said, fitting new rubber hoses to a 15 year old vehicle would probably be no bad thing!!
I spent £18 on an eezibleed & £18 on 5 litres of brake fluid from halfords (it was £12 for 1 litre so it made sense too buy the 5L as I had fitted new hoses and wanted to replenish the whole system) so thats £36 already... my brakes were crappy before I put the new braided hoses on and was hoping the new ones would improve the pedal and get rid of the pedal creep .... after bleeding the whole system about 7 times and using about 3 litres of fluid (I wanted to make sure all the air was out) I have now got a reasonable pedal ... so for the sake of £14 and not freezing ya balls off with wet hands it makes sense to pay the man as long as there are no hidden costsBooked in for next next monday morning
bencorkill
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no hidden costs so far, hes has done work on mine and familys car for long time, never had any bad work or funky prices
