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[noresttill]

I search, but got mixed answers

I am installing a RE SF full pack tomorrow. I am having trouble with the stock brake line off to put on the extended Brake line. I will be getting that line done at a mechanic.

Question: Can I drive ON THE ROAD with the stock one still attached??

It would be for at most a week

Thanks, everyone

 

[rstarch345]

Sure, as long as where you drive you don't stress or stretch the line. If you THINK it is possible that you might, then under no circumstances should you.

 

[noresttill]

Thanks you very much, yeah for the next few weeks im a mall crwler!!

 

[ColoradoXJ13]

I drove with the stock one on and offroaded a few times too....

 

[redsand187]

What kind of problem are you having taking the line off. It shouldn't be too hard. I ran into some difficulty with mine. But I just layed into it with some PB blaster let it soak, repeated a few times, left it overnight, then came back and pulled it off. Now at that point the line fitting was a little stripped but nothing a pair of vice grips couldn't tackle.

I'm pretty sure you can do the line yourself if you just have some patience.

 

[xuv-this]

get vice grips and clamp the hell out of that fitting(after soaking it down w/ wd40) and whack it with a bfh while gripping/steadying the line/fitting with a gloved hand. the sudden shock should break the fitting free.

 

[TrailHunter]

Get a flare-nut wrench like one of these,

 

[noresttill]

Yeah, I just went throug all that stuff (you left out heat).

Ill probably give it another try in a few days, but as for now there is a superflex kit waiting. So....call me impatient if anything.

 

[ren]

You can all-ways just cut the hard line, and either reflare (preferred) or use a compression fitting with short stub to reconnect.

 

[xuv-this]

Get a flare-nut wrench

believe it or not that nut is some kind of friggin' half size(mabye from corrosion?). neither craftsman sae or metric fit mine right....

 

[4ward]

Get the flare wrench that fits closest and then put the vice grips on the outside of the wrench to clamp it down tight. I've done that several times.

 

[redsand187]

believe it or not that nut is some kind of friggin' half size(mabye from corrosion?). neither craftsman sae or metric fit mine right....

I ran into this problem too. That is why I went to the vice grips.

 

[noresttill]

Ok, update:

i unscrewed it from the axel and it has a lot of play after ive done the rear, even at full droop.

I will be redoing this brake line thing soon though, thanks for all your responses.

by the way taking a sawzall to my jeep for the first time (2 stubborn nuts) felt better than I ever thought possible

Jesse

 

[ren]

UH-OH, another victim has fallen to the power of the sawsall.

 

[xray]

Never Ever Use A Compression Fitting On Brake Lines If You Do You Are Taking Your Life As Well As Others And Rolling The Dice.

 

[Littlewhitexj]

^your post is hard on my eyes.

 

[xuv-this]

Yeah, I just went throug all that stuff

sawzall???...but all you needed was a bigger hammer :twak: :laugh3: :laugh3: :laugh3: