Evening all,
After the deafening silence in regard to my question re: installing the braided lines acquired in the group buy I decided ... time to suck it and see.
Checked the tools required to do this successfully:
Disclaimer - if you're not confident working with brakes ... DON'T ATTEMPT THIS. I'm not a mechanic and don't profess that my way is the way to do it but I've been DIY with brakes for 20 years and it worked for me.
I started at the left rear, then right rear, left front, right front working my way closer to the master cylinder each time. Rears are male female connection top and bottom, fronts are male/female top and banjo bolt bottom where it connects to the caliper.
Best tip (IMO) is to crack the brake line nuts at the top and bottom of the rear lines BEFORE you remove the retaining clip, That way they won't spin in the captive component on the diff/body.
Pic is worth a thousand words:
After the deafening silence in regard to my question re: installing the braided lines acquired in the group buy I decided ... time to suck it and see.
Checked the tools required to do this successfully:
- 10mm flare spanner - to crack the brake line nuts.
- 1lt of fresh brake fluid.
- Long nose pliers + Flat blade screw driver - remove the brake line retaining spring clip.
- 12mm flare spanner to crack the banjo bolt on the back of the front calipers
- 10mm ring spanner to bleed the brakes.
- One man brake bleeding kit.
Disclaimer - if you're not confident working with brakes ... DON'T ATTEMPT THIS. I'm not a mechanic and don't profess that my way is the way to do it but I've been DIY with brakes for 20 years and it worked for me.
I started at the left rear, then right rear, left front, right front working my way closer to the master cylinder each time. Rears are male female connection top and bottom, fronts are male/female top and banjo bolt bottom where it connects to the caliper.
Best tip (IMO) is to crack the brake line nuts at the top and bottom of the rear lines BEFORE you remove the retaining clip, That way they won't spin in the captive component on the diff/body.
Pic is worth a thousand words: