brake pipe union bolt???

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 166

what size brake pipe spanner will i need to 1. get the hose lines out of the rear pistons 2. remove the front and rear flexi hoses

havent found the rear flexi hoses yet but im assuming they are there some where as i got some braided hoses in the garage i wanna put on and there are 4 of them

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 166

any one ? i wanna do this tommoorw and i reckon ill need to get this spanner to do it properly

Level 6 User Joined: 20 Jun 2004 Posts: 155

Sorry mate dunno what size the nuts are, but a word of warning - when I had to have my front flexi pipes done for the MOT, the union nuts just span and span and the garage I went to had to put in several feet of new metal pipework from each wheel to the master cylinder. I wouldn't have wanted to do that myself.

So watch out! Smile

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

halfords sell the spanner. the spanner comes with the 10mm and 11mm ends.

Its 10mm you need.

rear flexi pipes on the open rear axle are a real bugger compared to the lowly closed 1.4 type axle. Anyway both are on the drivers side just in front of the tank and nigh on impossible to undo.

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 166

yeah same thing happened to me when i asked a garage to put them on that why they in the garage doing nout for a year , i think he cut one shorter and bodged it and didnt even attempt the other side, ill be shafted if it happens to me

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 166

feck sake nout ever goes like the fecking haynes manual says

the union going into the rear caliper is 11mm and the spaner goes on perfect but as soon as i try and turn it, it just starts rounding, which is stupid its a perfect nut i also running out of wd40, any tips on gettnig these bastards out ??

also the lug holding the outer cable seems diff on mine to the ones in my hand these i could see an outer bit around the rubber bung gaurding the cable, which i could tap and the lug would come out but on mine there doesnt seem to be that outer lug do i just pull the cable through of is it behind the rubber guard should i just keep smacking with a hammer?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

use a blowtorch.

wtf are you on about in the last bit?

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 166

nooooooooooooooooooo naked flames near the renooo im affriad just a general rule!!

you know the hand brake cable goes behind the caliper through a hiole then clips on to the ahndbrake level arm thing on the caliper, well i cant get it out of the hole on the back of the caliper

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yeah common prob, heat that up to. Even then the caliper will no doubt break right off or chunks of it will.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

use a hammer and punch to remove it or a good screwdriver.

Hopefully you'll be lucky, don't belt away in 1 place move roundf the cable but liek I said be prepared for bits to break off.

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 166

is there rear flexi hoses on the 19 !! ??? ive got 4 braided hoses from ktec but i cant see the rear ones ???

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

did I not say earlier, yes why 7 posts up where they are!

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 166

didnt see it buddy you posted when i posted

rightly ill get the spanner and try again if i cant get i out of the caliper i will get the whole rear on stands and try for the rear flexi hoses failing that new pipes all down the car eh lol feck it new ms while im at it eh, feck its cold i wish i was scotish and imune to such thnigs

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

look in the bis valve tech article in the tech articles forum, the bias valve is where the flexis start, near the fuel filter.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

feck me what a confusing thread...not the topic but the language...

Level 6 User Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 166

proper speak Smile