Brake Line Replacement Question
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Cruising
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Brake Line Replacement Question
Does anybody have a magic trick to get the long line that runs from the dist block up front to the rear. I've got one of these pre bent ones and there looks like there is no way. It's a 4 speed car so the crossmember is there. The only solution I see is to make it a 2 peice line. Any help would be appreciated!
John
John
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Kingston Ontario
What year?
On my 77, I disconnected both ends and worked it forward to clear crossmember then fished it out towards the rear. Install the reverse. Didn't have to bend anything very much!
On my 77, I disconnected both ends and worked it forward to clear crossmember then fished it out towards the rear. Install the reverse. Didn't have to bend anything very much!
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: AL
there is no trick; on a 74, a replacement SS line went in okay and SS is less flexible than factory steel lines. unless you have a lift, just jack the car up as high as you safely can. the clamp bolts/screws are close quarters, but that's it . . . just do it as they say . . .
Team Owner
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Springfield MO
St. Jude Donor '07
When I did my brake lines almost 10 years ago, I didn't bother with that line because it's such a PITA. I kept the new line, and I'm going to do it now that my car is about two feet in the air on jackstands...
Racer
Joined: Jul 2003
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From: Buffalo New York
find some new favorite swear words...
Seriously though...get the car up as high as you can. Be patient. keep pushing and twisting at different angles and it should go through. On my '77 I had to bend the line just a little bith to get it through...
Good Luck
Seriously though...get the car up as high as you can. Be patient. keep pushing and twisting at different angles and it should go through. On my '77 I had to bend the line just a little bith to get it through...
Good Luck
Drifting
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From: Columbus MN
I heard the Tech Director of our local Corvette club (Classic Corvettes of Minesota) is a having the first tech session of the season this Saturday, and the topic is C3 brake lines.
I plan to attend if I get my master cylinder replaced in time. Do you want me to take notes and pics if I attend? Or do you need to know now?
I plan to attend if I get my master cylinder replaced in time. Do you want me to take notes and pics if I attend? Or do you need to know now?
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