UUC Brake lines correct?

[busterhax]

Had them apart, noticed the threads were different. Just want to be sure before everything is put together.

http://i28.tinypic.com/r1lhd5.jpg

[RRSperry]

Yep, that looks correct.

[Chokingdogs]

Having just put them on, well four of the six got put on.........:mad

I can tell you they are correct.

The UUC's are "nice" in the sense you can have the front caliper mounted in the carrier and THEN hook up the hose. I don't know if the other vendor's lines are the same or not.

You don't have to screw the hose into the caliper, then mount to the carrier, then attach hose to the hard line.

The one thing I didn't like, and found sort of wierd, was that two of the rears didn't have the anti rub material like factory ones do.

I improvised and made my own, just to be safe.

[sludge1300]

Having just put them on, well four of the six got put on.........:mad

I can tell you they are correct.

The UUC's are "nice" in the sense you can have the front caliper mounted in the carrier and THEN hook up the hose. I don't know if the other vendor's lines are the same or not.

You don't have to screw the hose into the caliper, then mount to the carrier, then attach hose to the hard line.

The one thing I didn't like, and found sort of wierd, was that two of the rears didn't have the anti rub material like factory ones do.

I improvised and made my own, just to be safe.

Nice. I feel ya. I managed to get 5 of the 6 on last week. They were definitely nice for the install, the way they screw into the caliper made it a no-brainer. Only problem was those stupid 11mm bolts.

Good luck with the install!

[busterhax]

Nice. I feel ya. I managed to get 5 of the 6 on last week. They were definitely nice for the install, the way they screw into the caliper made it a no-brainer. Only problem was those stupid 11mm bolts.

Good luck with the install!I don't get it. Why are some of you not getting them all on? What tools should i make sure i absolutely have for the install?

Thanks

[bennyfizzle]

100k+ brake line fittings suck, that's why.

They seize up/easily round off, etc.

[Chokingdogs]

I don't get it. Why are some of you not getting them all on? What tools should i make sure i absolutely have for the install?

Thanks

LOL

exhaust and brake lines; the bane of most when it comes to wrenching on cars. Just about garun-teed to either brake, mangle, strip, round off, otherwise render FUBAR'd something.

In my case it was 140 thousand miles and 12 years of "sealing".

What we have here is failure to separate. Some nuts, you just can't break....

Two came undone relatively easily. I ended up mangling the shit out of two others, one up front and one out back. That's when I threw in the towel.

Had been soaking all of them for about 10 days with PB Blaster and Liquidwrench, even tried a torch on the front one, the one I really chewed into oblivion with visegrips, to no avail.

[sludge1300]

100k+ brake line fittings suck, that's why.

They seize up/easily round off, etc.

Yep. If you haven't already removed those fittings, you'll definitely want some high quality flare wrenches (11, 13, 15 and 17 mm will come in handy). Polishing the fittings with a wire brush (drill bit) and PB blasting the shit out of them really helped too. Unfortunately, one was too stubborn for any of that...so I need to bust out the torch on it. I didn't have access to one during the weekend of the job.:( Maybe next month.

Oh yeah. Get a small file and an adjustable wrench. I rounded one of them off real bad, filed it down, pb blasted again, and it came right off.

Edit: 11, 14, 15 and 17 mm