[s-cars] Brake hard line repair

[Sean Douglas]

Tony:

The same thing happened to me, I snapped off the hard line on the LR brake.
You can buy a straight section of steel hardline with flared ends and
connectors already installed from any autoparts store. Buy a cheap bending
tool and copy the OEM line. The OEM line has a union M-M connector just in
front of the rear wheel so you will only need a short length, 24-30 inches
IIRC. Buy a couple of them as they are cheap and bending the tubes takes
practice to get it right.

In the future, I learned to heat the connector with a torch and loosen
carefully with a flared wrench, I haven't broken a line since.

Sean Douglas

1997 Audi S6
1990 Audi 90q20v
1991 VW Passat Wagon Syncro
1991 Alpina B10 BiTurbo  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Curran [mailto:tony.curran at sympatico.ca] 
> Sent: September 8, 2009 5:04 PM
> To: 'Scar'
> Subject: [s-cars] Brake hard line repair
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> Hi folks,
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> Went to replace the rear brake hoses on the S6 and it soon 
> became clear the hose didn't want to separate from the hard 
> line. So I'm looking to replace the connection of the hard 
> line to hose which means I have to cut the line and then 
> flare the end. Any BTDT advice? Source for flare kits?
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> I've never done this before so any advice welcome.
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> Cheers,
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> Tony
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> 96 S6
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