Thanks I haven’t dissected a brake line to the caliper only an in between by the abs.
And glad to hear my fears have no basis I figured my bleeding method was fine and since you didn’t mention the brake fluid I’ll assume that’s a non issue as well.
I know it’s not a pressure issue because none of my calipers lock and when I depress the brakes the bubbles don’t bulge.
Unfortunately I have to order any parts so this will be waiting and a rental will be obtained until I can get this resolved.
I think I’m going to get the $78 stainless lines from FCP I’ve have great experiences there thus far
Ordered the stainless kit from fcp hopefully will be here the 24th fingers crossed
I installed ECS's stainless lines, and had no problems in the 40k miles I drove on them.
Nate J.
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Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
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Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
Here's a video of the problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4K76IOVdys
The problem persisted when I flipped the line and with replacements from FCP and Techna-Fit. Thankfully, TF also sent a line that had free spinning nuts on the ends instead of being attached to the sheathing, which solved the problem.
Chris said that the "loose nut" design was not as particular about the finishing of the metal pipe flanges. My best guess is the installation of the original line deformed the flanges. Please let me know if you encounter the same problem.
FirstBMW: I reinstalled the original line while waiting for replacements so there was no down time.
Last edited by JaxPlanet; 01-20-2018 at 02:26 PM.
Perfect thank you my parts should arrive ahead of schedule on Tuesday so hopefully I will be squaring that away Tuesday
Maybe you should get the brake fluid that doesn't contain alien blood.
Last edited by Mach540; 01-21-2018 at 01:52 AM.
That sounds about right though I heard alien blood brake fluid adds +50 horsepower
I bought them Nov 2016 and installed June 2017. My delay was waiting for my next brake fluid change so I could take care of both jobs at once.
For anyone who hasn't replaced the ABS lines, I needed a crowfoot socket on an extension for the low end of the lines. Check the lines received determine the socket sizes you need because there may have been changes in production since I purchased mine.
Last edited by JaxPlanet; 01-22-2018 at 11:30 AM.
Yeah, access is poor. I ended up removing the hard lines entirely by disconnecting them just aft of the windshield washer reservoir in the right front wheel well. Undo the top connections from the ABS module hardlines, pull out the complete fender liner, remove/move the windshield washer fluid reservoir, and snake the lines out. It's actually not too terrible, but a lot of steps to get there.
Nate J.
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Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
(eŌō\ (||||)º(||||) / ōŌe)
Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
Due to a shipping delay I will probably be able to report back results Wednesday or Thursday. Can’t wait to get this resolved
Yeah, those lines by the ABS kind of suck, but they can be done with some cleaver wrench selections. I just took off the climate filter iirc to gain some better angles. I can see why some may prefer to take some more stuff off to gain access though.
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Nate J.
(oOO\ (|||)º(|||) /OOo)
Titanium Silver/Black Nappa Full 07-18-2001 E39 M5 Heritage (BZ99672). 198,000mi+. Increasing daily. Engine rebuild thread.
(eŌō\ (||||)º(||||) / ōŌe)
Alpineweiss III/Black Merino Full 03-26-2007 E60 M5 Manual (CX08265). 157,000+. Dead starter -_-
RIP, Seabiscuit. Black Sapphire/Schwarz 03-11-2003 530iA Sport (CK39185). T-boned 03-01-2017 at 155,861mi.
Take 2 "Otto" - Toledo Blue/Sandbeige 04-25-2002 530iA Sport (CH98032). Sold 11-10-2017 at 147,743mi.
Take 3 "Manuel" - Toledo Blue/Grau 10-29-2001 530i5 Sport (CE92358). Sold 02-01-2019 at 217,600mi. I regret that. Build Log
Reliable P.O.S. - Green/gray 1995 Camry V6 LE. 270k mi. Sold for space.
So of course because of my ignorance the first time around the shop that did the first alignment also did my brake lines the first time because I was lazy and because I have a bad habit of breaking hard lines.
Well that came back and bit me when I got my stainless lines because apparently this shop is completely useless because they somehow tightened the 11mm line nuts so tight that on the fronts they bent the u brackets in the center and started to seat into them and in the rear it actually started to seat into the mounting washer.
What this meant for me was even with a flare wrench I was unable to access the whole nut which resulted in pretty much immediately rounding off every one.
An hour of cussing, yelling, and thinking about trading in the car later I came up with the Hail Mary idea to cut the metal u brackets off the front to give myself more space then pull the hard line up through the body mount vice grip it very tight and break it loose from the rubber line end.
Surprisingly I got lucky all 4 times and now all my stainless lines are in I have to bleed and pressure test today to make sure I didn’t crush or bend anything or create any leaks.
So all 4 of my hard lines are completely mangled and will probably be hell to get apart later I’m just hoping I never need to again.
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