If you need to do the steel brake line, I did a write up here on steel and flex hose replacement: http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/rearbrakeflexhosereplacement It's wordy and needs editing, but the pictures should shed some light. You may find different size flare nuts depending on how much you replace. You need a flare nut wrench(s) for the job. There is a tool for bending the steel lines. It has a "wall" that helps line bend w/o kinking. Like this: http://tinyurl.com/3el5jko I had no issues using a piece of ABS.
Neil. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Paul <wognacious@gmail.com> wrote: > Okie dokie, however I replaced both of them not more than a couple of years > ago. However I do recall that one of the steel lines going to one of them > was questionable. I've got a new one but I need to bend it. Any suggestions > on how to do that without kinking the line? > >
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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