New brake hoses!!

[Harvanj]

I often tell people I enjoy working on German vehicles, I have an appreciation for good engineering. This has often proven true when working on my 1972 02.  Set out to replace my brake hoses with braided lines and flush the fluid. Started at the right rear, the placement of the connection between the hose and the underbody pipe is in a crazy spot.  The engineer who thought this was a good idea must have dreamed this up before the rear subframe was installed. Preventive maintenance should be prevented!!

 

This is going to be a memorable Turkey day tomorrow....

[stone02]

after many years of this hated job i have

come up with a easy way to remove the flexable

hose from the fixed line. i use an 11mm line wrench

on the body side and i use a 14mm crow's foot

line wrench to twist the hose loose from the body

line. i also cut the old hose in the middle so that

the flex line side can rotate easily. once the flex

line is off then the body side can be freed so that

replacement is easier.be extremely careful to not

break the body line because it cascades into

more repair problems than i want to describe.

good luck

stone

[Hans]

don't forget to soak fittings with PB Blaster . Cutting the hose makes things easier.