Installing brake line questions

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:12 am

I want to install my stainless steel lines and while im at it take the calipers off for a paint job.

Can you clamp shut stainless steel brake lines using vice grips etc? Or will that ruin them?

manga_blue · Postby **manga_blue** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:11 am

Clamping the SS lines will ruin them.

You'll need to change virtuallly all the brake fluid anyway. Just take off each brake hose at the caliper first and let it drain into a bucket Then remove the calipers and, before cleaning them, compress each caliper over the bucket to squeeze out the fluid. This is to stop fluid running everywhere when you paint them. Then replace calipers, then replace and connect SS hoses.

Dispose of old fluid responsibly.

Matty · Postby **Matty** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:03 pm

won't all that stainless steel be heavy?

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:36 pm

I couldnt find aluminum braided brake lines.....

thanks will post pics later

Hrmz.....

Total weight of all four ss lines is 403.4 grams...

I will weigh stock OEM ones when they come out....

Baxter · Postby **Baxter** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:00 pm

[Hi I,m not sure if you are being sarcastic,the stainless lines weigh condiderably less than OEM
OLD FART

Matty · Postby **Matty** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:36 pm

Old Fart wrote:[Hi I,m not sure if you are being sarcastic,the stainless lines weigh condiderably less than OEM
OLD FART

just winding up wun. it's a sport.

Baxter · Postby **Baxter** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:20 pm

Thought that was the case
Steve

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:38 pm

Matty wrote:
Old Fart wrote:[Hi I,m not sure if you are being sarcastic,the stainless lines weigh condiderably less than OEM
OLD FART
just winding up wun. it's a sport.

And judging by some of the posters it is a sport that is catching on :lol:

. It's hard not to when he wants to shave his disc rotor down to minimum clearance to save weight :lol:

Ben

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:55 pm

I installed my ss lines... all 403.4 grams worth...

To be totally honest I dont notice the more \"firm\" feel even though I had to bleed all the lines complety with fresh fluids.

Im checking for leaks etc etc

Painted the calipers (took them off the car to clean and paint)

stevesports · Postby **stevesports** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:14 pm

hah, wun i remember you paying out how my calipers' red is too bright. Look at yours. haha. Also you have a lot of meat left in your brake pad.

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 2:50 pm

Ohhh I kinda know why they didnt feel as frim as they should have. I over tightened a banjo bolt and kinda cracked it. I was lucky to get it out of the caliper in one piece. (what are the torqe speces to these things anyway?)

I was lucky it leaked a fair bit of fluid kinda lucky I could stop. The paint \"really\" is chemical resistant its still red, its kinda wun proof.

New washer new bolt all is good and firm now. Driving around still looking for leaks and makin sure the lines dont rub against anything.

The only odd thing about the ss lines is that they they dont have that hook thing at the end of the line that attaches to the caliper so its difficult to tighten the banjo bolt. ie as you tighten the line moves so you have to hold it with pliers/vice grips etc.

I have kept all the OEM lines for a weigh in, new ones are 403.4 grams in total...

Matty · Postby **Matty** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:30 pm

stevesports wrote:hah, wun i remember you paying out how my calipers' red is too bright. Look at yours. haha. Also you have a lot of meat left in your brake pad.

Hmm, he could save some unsprung weight if he shaved down those pads. And painting the calipers would have added at least 20 grams.

stevesports · Postby **stevesports** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:46 am

Matty wrote:
stevesports wrote:hah, wun i remember you paying out how my calipers' red is too bright. Look at yours. haha. Also you have a lot of meat left in your brake pad.

Hmm, he could save some unsprung weight if he shaved down those pads. And painting the calipers would have added at least 20 grams.

hah, but they're red! it must add at least 5 gazillion jiggawatts