Brakes

[littleorange124]

What I thought was going to be a simple job turned out to be a lot more work that expected. I was going to put new pads in because the old ones were almost non existent. Then found out the calipers are seized and leaking so I have to take them off. So the line will not come off and every time I try to turn my wrench will slip. I took the slider of already the car is a 1981 fiat spider

[cormac]

I know this is an obvious question, but are you using a flared wrench?? and PB Blaster??

[azruss]

pb blaster, lots of patience, and vice grips are the way to go. if you have the space, use the vice grips to clamp the wrench so it wont spread.

[vandor]

FLAT jawed vice grips, not the common curved ones! Curved ones will just round it off.

BTW, are you trying to take the banjo bolt out of the caliper (that is all you need if you are replacing the caliper) or trying to undo the metal brake line where it goes into the rubber hose?

[ralphcap]

You need a 10" Locking wrench 10LW (Irwin) and a10mm flare nut wrench and lots of BP Blaster to separate the brake hose from the brake line. If you are rebuilding the caliper and the brake hose does not need to be replaced, save yourself a lot of grief and just separate the hose from the caliper at the banjo bolt as recommended above.

[DieselSpider]

I find that a small ViseGrip Wrench many times works better than the pliers or the flair nut wrenches.

[ralphcap]

That's the 10LW locking wrench I was referring to. Use it on the hose and the flare nut wrench on the flare nut on the brake line.

[mattyd7]

I know it looks gimmicky, but this tool works great. I bought one of these in 10mm to use on my brake lines and had zero problems. No stripped nuts or anything. You can put a breaker bar or ratchet in the center to really get some torque on it. And the way it is designed, as you apply torque, the wrench tightens its grip on the nut from all sides.

http://agscompany.com/product-category/tools/flexforce/

-Matt

[DieselSpider]

The local Home Depot was practically giving them away because nobody seemed to understand what they were. They ended up in the discount bin for a dollar or so. I picked up only two small ones and now wished I had picked up two sets of all three sizes