![]() 06/09/2015 at 11:26 • Filed to: joy | ![]() | ![]() |
Installed brake line but only on the front because the rears are stuck on. Then I go to bleed the brakes and the rear nipple shears off on a cylinder with less than 1000 miles of use. . WOOW.
![]() 06/09/2015 at 11:30 |
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Sounds like your day is going about as well as mine.
![]() 06/09/2015 at 11:33 |
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Sounds like it’s time to go back to bed :-/
![]() 06/09/2015 at 11:46 |
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That was me last week. Sheared the caliper bolt off in the bracket. Then spent 2 hours trying to find a new caliper/bracket to fix it.
![]() 06/09/2015 at 11:51 |
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That’s one of the worst fears when I’m messing with brakes. I have managed to drill couple of broken ones away without destroying the cylinder/caliper but it wasn’t easy and required the removal of the part. Sometimes welding a nut to the stub works too.
![]() 06/09/2015 at 11:52 |
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Thankfully the napa has a new cylinder. But the fact that I have stainless steel lines in the front and 20 year old rubber lines in the rear means theres a weak point, no bueno
![]() 06/09/2015 at 11:55 |
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Brake work is the worst because its often stuck togeather and breaking it means replacing EVERYTHING
![]() 06/09/2015 at 12:15 |
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Yes, that happens.
Snap bleeding screw->remove brake cylinder and brake the hard line->remove the bad hard lind and damage the brake hose->brake the longest hard line in the car->damage the master cylinder->swap new master cylinder and brake all other hard lines at same time
It didn’t go like this but I have a car that doesn’t a single piece of usable brake parts left.