Brake line questions

[Tony Hoffman]

You can check for a bad (internally failing) line that causes the caliper to
be stuck. It could be either the caliper or a line, I'd start by determining
what is the problem.

To check it, Put the car up in the air so you can easily get to the spot
where the rubber line screws into the hard line coming from teh front of the
car. When the caliper is sticking, undo the connection there, from teh body
to the rubber line. Id that frees the caliper, your problem is from teh hard
line forward. If that doesn't free it, you have either a bad line or a bad
caliper. Then, undo the line where it goes into the caliper. If this frees
the wheel, the issue is the line. If it doesn't, it's time to rebuild the
calipers. BTW, to rebuild one properly requires taking the emergency brake
mechanism apart and cleaning all the fluid/rust out of there. Most of the
ones I've rebuilt (probably 50 now) tend to have a lot of issues with the
e-brake lever sticking.

Tony

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:08 AM, SAJanesick - Bellsouth <
sajanesick at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I've got a sticky rear brake caliper and thought I'd start with replacing
> all the original brake lines and flushing the system.
>
> Anyone know if the rear brake lines are absolutely unique to the 200q20v or
> are they the same as on a standard 200 sedan?  Also the previous owner had
> the "upgrade" to the non UFO brakes (I've been told they are the G60?).
>  Would the front brake lines be unique to that change also?
>
> I have not yet started disassembling yet.  I just though I'd check with the
> body of knowledge before digging the hole.