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Replacing Brake lines with Goodridge

silver7

silver7

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Hi - has anyone does this before, am going to attempt it at the weekend - any advice/guidance appreciated! Any specific tools, I have SRF fluid, hoses, new bleed nipples etc

Thanks in advance

(also posted on 993 rs forum)
 
Hi,

The answer is...with great caution! Yes, by all means do it, but be careful to soak the unions for 24hrs with PlusGas (or WD40 which is not quite as good in my experience) first. Make sue that you use a proper brake spanner - if you strip the nuts you will have no end of trouble. Also, when you come to release the unions, give them a sharp hard tap, because the spanner will be more likely to chew the union up if you just slowly try to turn it (all brake unions are best un-done like this, must be something about the brass/copper fittings). I rebuilt my brakes all round in the autumn & although have the same hoses as you, stopped short of changing them until they really need it, because it seemed a bit of a job if you do damage the unions. Might change them sooner if anyone has done this with no problems.

Hope this helps [:)]

Roddy [sm=spanner3.gif]
 
Any good motor spares shop. Get the best you can afford. Teng are good compromise between price & availability. If you want top-notch, you'll want Snap-On, but you'll need to find a sales rep on their travels or chance it through eBay etc. Facom are also good. Size - best to check on the job with an open-ended spanner, can't remember all sizes off the top of my head. This is NOT a job to do last thing on a Sunday evening if you need the car the next day. Take your time....

Roddy
 
Yes! You'll want a nice pressure bleeder too. Plenty of posts about this. Suffice to say, you want one that you pump up manually (or use an air line) - do not use one that runs off pressure from a spare tyre - it'll end in tears, I've been there.

Have fun!:ROFLMAO:

Roddy
 
Done this on my car as well. Easy job. I had no probs removing the 20yr old brake lines without soaking but it is a good idea with hindsight. I got an E-Z-Bleed kit from Halfords to help bleed the brakes where you pressurise the system from your spare tyre (after reducing the pressure to 20psi) and it made the job E-Z. The biggest pain in the neck is all the jacking up and down you have to do as you bleed the brakes furthest away from the fluid reservoir so in my case it was rear right, then rear left, then front right then front left. So that is alot of jacking up and wheel removing.
 
You can but pressure system is much more preferable & you don't risk inverting the seals in your brake master cylinder.
 
thanks for this, had fun doing it (not( but one front line would not budge so I have one corner left to do. I didn't see the response before I did the work, how would I tell if I had inverted the seal on the mastr cylinder? I did use a friend to pump the pedal
 
I must say it was not a nice job, on a 993 rs the rear hose mounting is not a D shape but serated, so I had to file it D shaped to fit even though goodridge said they were right ones. I am going to try soaking the one left front hose to see if it frees up (the joint in the wheel arch liner will not budge!)
 
Actually quick question - I noticed that the piston dust seals seem v ropey, no leaks though. Is this something to worry about or do they just get burnt with track work (big red calipers)?
 
Guess track work will toast them somewhat after a while.

Rebuilding pistons with new Brembo seals would be a doddle after getting your hoses off. Just get 'em out with compressed air or a footpump, not a sharp implement, as you might scratch the bores/pistons.
 
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