How to replace rusty, corroded brake lines
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- How to change brake pipes, rusty brake pipes, remove, manufacture, install and bleed.
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Brilliant. Clear and straight forward (and no loud music masking your voice.) Thanks very much.
Thanks Phil Mictchel's long lost brother, helped a lot!
You make me think I could actually do this myself! I'm paying a guy to do this tomorrow. I'm gonna stand over him and say what you said:
6:29 - "Don' forget yer fittin!"
I LOVE DIY auto videos that use cars that look like mine underneath - all dirty and rusty - real-world. Not all cars look as neat and clean as they do in the manuals.
It's not as easy as he makes it look. This guy is clearly a fella with a sharp eye for mechanical things and naturally precise eye-hand coordination. He's also knowledgeable about tools and how to do maintenance on old vehicles. If he's not a time-served mechanic, he's surely a self-taught one. Because it's brakes, I'd advise going to a garage where you know and trust the mechanic. And pay him.
really helpful video - top tip re-cutting the pipes and using a ringer. thanks
This video has legit saved me over 600 easy since I first seen it few year ago. Just shared your link to some more people. Thanks mate... that brake flaring tool is the shit bought it after watching your video years ago n it's still going strong.
Fantastic informative video,all the knowledge given here is priceless and should be savoured,a man who knows his craft and willing to share,I understood all he said but then I'm Scottish,LOL
After watching your video. Many thanks. I am now confident I can do this job. I have to do this. MOT failure. Stay safe. Have subscribed too.
Little tip is you are making a U shaped piece , bend it round a piece of waste pipe which will give you a even radius
I have the same flaring tool, picked it up from Amazon.
Thanks for the video now i know exactly how to use it....
Great vid for the anxious DIYer - well done sir!
great video bud. well done. I was trying to avoid making a new brake line. not really sure why after seeing this
Good video mate, very helpful on how to use the flare tool, Much appreciated.
so calm - makes the job stress free.
Very Good
That is a great flare tool. Beats the cheap crap you fin most parts stores.
Never seen this done before ..i,m impressed !
Very tidy job, Fair play for doing these videos from fellow Dub!!
Thanks for the upload - I especially appreciated the level of detail in your descriptions!
Great video. Very well explained.
V Good video, could see everyting. Good verbal too , u should have been a teacher. Thanks.
Very helpful vid. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Good honest video, no bs, thanks.
Very well illustrated :-) Thanks very much ;-) Excellent video and nice and tidy job.. Cheers.
baught same flarin tool today in finglas auto 60e have to do same job n c t fail on premera . fan of all your vids. keep them comin b.s.m.
Excellent video thanks 👍
Really great video, thank you so much, for sharing it!!!!!!!
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Good clear instructions neat and tidy job
Well done
great job..looks as rusty as in canada here
Cheers foe that, priceless demo, about to do mine this week as both rear hardlines failed MOT., mind u so did both rear trailing arms, time to roll ma sleeves up. Beer tokens on there way ta ya.
Cheers man I can get my Focus through the NCT now.
Good Video. Good Tool, Good Lines. Your hands are more experienced, so bare hands only might be fine. Those $7 circles with a flat handle and hook are what I look to use. Away from the car a 180 Degree Brake Line Bender. Even in this video that is a 180 bend. Those 90 degree make a 5 inch U-turn. Not good for brake line spaces.
1:10. Pause!!! spray that damn fitting! for the 2 seconds it takes and all that it does to penetrate into the rust within a minute its best to give it a spray before u even really get to working on it at all. longer it sits in penetrating oil the better the chances it comes out without a problem
In Europe we use bubble flares not double.
Thank you, you have just earned a subscription!!!!!
Great video thanks alot
This is briliant! Thanks!
super, u made it look easy
Good video, Backstreet. I couldn't believe my eyes seeing you bend it precisely by hand (I expected you to use a bending tool) but you did it expertly without any buckling. Would using steel brake line be much harder to flare ? As I work alone on the car I use a one-way valve bleeding kit with a plastic carton to hold the bleed-off. It always takes 10 pumps of the brakes to get them good and stiff regardless of how clear of bubbles the fluid coming from the nipple is.
Still can’t get over the fact that copper can be used for brake lines it always amazes me it just seems to soft for that
It's a copper-nickel alloy that's specified for that very purpose. Sure steel is harder and stronger but the steel will rust and especially down underneath the vehicle. Formability is better with Cu-Ni too.
Can bubble flares be done with the same tool your using.thanks
excellent vid gonna do this myself.cheers
Nice one for this video man, I just hope you're a Northsider!
Nice job.
Great video, you're from Duuublin surely by your accent?
Good job - thanks for that.
I'm luvin that *Handy Flare Tool*!! What name brand is that *Please?* Thank you, also subscribed!
Those are not just copper, they are copper-nickel alloy DOT approved brake line. European cars use them to avoid rusting as badly as the cheap pvc coated stuff.
Nice job.
Baz.
Brake Pipe Flaring Tool for 3/16" Copper Kunifer Steel Brake Pipes SAE Double
very good.
Cheers
I am in the process of replacing rusted brake lines which run the frame to the rear as the vehicle is 18 years old and the climate here is laden with winter driving and salt. Do not want to spend money at brake repair places because the cost will exceed the value of the vehicle. The vehicle above the frame still looks great and runs well so I want to keep it. Spending large sums of money to replace a trustworthy vehicle for another used vehicle I do not know history of is repulsive to me.
Great job but I'm not sure if copper tubing is appropriate for brake lines. I'm thinking it's too soft and could be easily crimped shut or broken if struck by something kicked up from the road. Rocks, metal, etc. Maybe I'm wrong, but not sure. The factory lines are a steel alloy coated with a thin layer of plastic, aren't they?
Cunifer copper and nickel is ok for brake lines
Good Job....
Guy looks like a white walker from game of thrones with those eyes!
ps. good informative video
Had to google white walker...very funny. Told the wife...she finds it hilarious, even more so because it is at my expense.
it's the eyes mate haha sorry!
must be nice to have that kind of room around the break line...i blew a break line this morning and when i went to find where it was...the line goes up in behind my gas tank...no way i can get at it unless i drop the gas tank...and im unable to do that with no hoist...cant get the car high enough.
They install the brake lines first, and create these problems for us. Is it busted behind the tank, or is that just the line of the pipe? because you can remove the rusted section, if it easier to access, by adding a piece in, instead of removing complete line.
backstreetmechanic you mean cutting the pipe line a few inches from calipers on both sides , remove piece from behind tank and get a new or dunno, maybe used pipe and buy connector fittings, just saw a scotty kilmer video about it, looks easy
Loftur Hjalmarsson and there it is , fixing leaking rusty brake lines is the name of video. l think
sean cadwell If the brake pipe in question is not completely corroded then you can use the pipe cutter to cut off the part of the pipe which is corroded and just measure to the same size you cut off and make up the flares to suit. This is only if the pipe is partially corroded, if the whole pipe is corroded then unfortunately you will have to drop the tank like you says. But hopefully you can get away with just partially replacing it. I had the same problem on the rear of my van and I got away with just changing about 8 or 9 inches :-) just a suggestion mate ;-)
Tiocfaidh Arla scotty did it wtihout dropping tank , just routed new line beside the tank
Where can I get that tool from? Looks much better than the harbor freight version. I need that tool.
£35 on ebay mate
Steel brake pipes don't last too long in this country with the amount of salt used on the roads
Cant use copper for Brake Lines in the US!
What?? Why??
how much cost this climp for pipe.thanks...
you say copper... copper is illegal on brake circuits, at the apparemce, this tube seems to be CUNIFER, an alloy used by Volvo since the first 240 series cars in 1975 and made newly available to us .
It takes much times to adopt good practices but manufactirers are very fast to adopt practices they think can save costs !
i'd like you can specify the alloy as somebody not aware of this can easily use copper tube and cause an accident by a brake failure.( copper is recognised to crack under vibration )
Don't most European cars use DIN ..sure that tool is for sae flare
cheers mate,pukka vid
...Appears to be copper 3/16th ..?
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You've lovely blue eyes. Can't understand what you say though
I had to dislike your video, even though most of it is great, assuming the copper nickel line is actual brake line. I am a retired master tech, 50+ years. I had several problems over the years due to someone crimping a brake flex hose with a pliers or anything else. The inside even on a pretty new car can crack. On an older car the inside of the brake hose is already brittle. It can create a little flap inside stopping the fluid from retuning to the master cylinder and drive you nuts, trying to figure out why the brake is now locked up. Or the line cold just blow out and you lose the brake pedal. Don't do this,please.
+daveS ministry It is a well known trick to cause someone a nasty ! Crimping the brake line is worse than cutting it... No one knows it has been done !
daveS ministry does that include using a hose clamping tool, I have two Draper tools that are marketed as brake hose clamps which I have used in the past.
@@aspectcarl Yes.
Big mistake!
Don't use copper tubing for any brake system components!
Cupro-Nickel will not do tight bends by hand like this. Flares too easy. Must be straight copper. JMO. Great tool. I'm ordering one from the UK. Great video, otherwise.
He did it in this video so what are you on about?
@@JazzFunkNobby1964 he's sayin he probably did just use copper as it bent into shape so easily.
@@MisterAmbassador That's copper nickel pipe he's bending in the video. I've recently replaced all my brake pipes with copper nickel. It bends so easy I never even used the bending tool I bought to do the job. Did all the bends by hand.
@@JazzFunkNobby1964 I agree with you. Stu Slaymaker said Cupro-Nickel will not do tight bends. I didn't say that. And you ask what are you on about and I was just answering your question.
@@MisterAmbassador I had to reply to you because you chose to answer my question to Stu Slaymaker. We are in agreement. I actually used a broom handle to do a tight 180 degree turn. I was surprised how easy the cunifer pipe is to work with.
Too much material and expensive bs. Good try though. I'm taking my F150 to the garage $120/hr. Some things for this DYI'er is too much. Beyond my pay grade, aged 59.
Good luck Sir.
Most Sincerely,
David
Alberta
Canada
$120 an hour ? Holy cow ! Let's all go to Canada . . .