I hate working on brakes
Melting Slicks
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See near the bottom of post #7 in this thread. These copper cone washers work great on brake fittings. Good luck, and take a deep breath, Paul
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Le Mans Master
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See near the bottom of post #7 in this thread. These copper cone washers work great on brake fittings. Good luck, and take a deep breath, Paul
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ix-thread.html
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I think the previous owner did not get the brake line fittings tightened down all of the way. I am going to let my son make some progress on his own to see if he can figure it out. Its a good way for him to learn how to wrench on his own.
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Melting Slicks
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^^^^ Yep, that's the one. If you need to use them for fuel or brake fittings, they work great. As I'm sure you know, if the PO used stainless lines, they can sometimes be much harder to get a seal. And good on you for giving guidance and letting your son make some progress!
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^^^^ Yep, that's the one. If you need to use them for fuel or brake fittings, they work great. As I'm sure you know, if the PO used stainless lines, they can sometimes be much harder to get a seal. And good on you for giving guidance and letting your son make some progress!
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^^^^ Yep, that's the one. If you need to use them for fuel or brake fittings, they work great. As I'm sure you know, if the PO used stainless lines, they can sometimes be much harder to get a seal. And good on you for giving guidance and letting your son make some progress!
Really thats the part I do not like. At least the mess is at the minimum after I forgot to air test using the motive bleeder. Instead I filled it full of DOT3 and started pumping without checking to see if there were any leaks. Well I found the leaks. GREAT! Now, my garage floor is covered in DOT3 fluid. Luckily there are enough shop towels and more DOT3 on the shelf.
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Anyways, its kind of drive-able. I have to align the linkage since it will not go into reverse.
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Thats the way I was taught to do it. We took my wife's new Volvo to the dealership to get the tires rotated. A few months later we ended buying a new set of new tires. The tire shop snapped off about 6 lugs or so... The dealership got a call afterwards. I never like using an impact to tighten down bolts. Now, I will use it to get started and only to snug (makes the job go quickly). Its nice to have an impact in the garage to take stubborn bolts off.
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I do that same thing, run them up with the impact wrench and finish them with a cross lug wrench. That way, I know that I can get the tire off with the lug wrench if I need to in an emergency on the side of the road.