No one in the trade likes changing brake pipes. You have to work in the dirtiest rustiest crevices of the car. Clips break, pipe ends round, seize and strip. Brake fluid leaks down your sleeve and all the time you are hoping the bleed screws slacken and the master cylinder seals do not flip.So based on my years in the trade being landed with this job, here are my hints and tips on how to make the job easier and avoid crying in front of your mates!1. Preparation. Soak every brake pipe end and bleed screw you are likely to need to remove with WD40 or similar. Give the loose Juice a good 15 minutes to soak in. For stubborn ends or bleed screws, slowly pour boiling water over them. Heating them with a gas burner risks melting seals in wheel cylinders or callipers and plastic clips but boiling water, poured slowly usually does the trick.2. Cut the rot out! Do not bugg*r about with brake pipe spanners trying to take old brake pipes off. Cut the pipe with a decent pair of side cutters and get a tight fitting socket onto the end. You are going to be replacing the pipe anyway so why preserve it?
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