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lumber
20-01-2006, 19:46
hello

I have some braided flexible hoses for the valver, are they very hard to fit does anyone know please?

Also is there aguide to changing rear pads about?

help mucho appreciato
Lunner
20-01-2006, 20:11
Get the proper brake union spanner - 11mm iirc, or you WILL round the nuts off.

Fronts are a cunt ot get off even witht eh proper spanner, mine were that tight that even the proper spanner managed to round them off, so now need to ake up all new copper lines and angle grind the union off.

Apart from that if you stick a bit of cling film over the top of teh brake fluid resovoir and then tightern the lid up it will reduce alost of fluid loss, then just blead the brakes again and you are away
lumber
20-01-2006, 20:22
oh right !

thankyou, so this spanner it's a special union tool as opposed to just a normal 11mm spanner i take it?

Where could i lay my hands on one please?
Rich
20-01-2006, 20:32
halfrauds will sell them, its just a brake spanner
lumber
20-01-2006, 21:58
superb, will go there in the morning, geuss for the rears the manual will explain well enough?
1fast6
25-01-2006, 12:21
superb, will go there in the morning, geuss for the rears the manual will explain well enough?

the manual as in the clio handbook that comes with the car? If so then no it won't explain it.

Buy a haynes manual while your at halfords.
Lunner
25-01-2006, 12:28
Its piss easy, unscrew both ends,a nd refit teh new ones....a monkey could do it :lol:
lumber
26-01-2006, 10:42
lol ok, yes have the haynes manual going to do it this weekend now, thanks again.
lumber
30-01-2006, 09:26
got them on, top nut was an 11mm and bottom was a 14mm.

new ones went on easiy enough though glad I had the brake spanne for the top, still have to watch you get the spanner sitting right before turning though I noticed.

Thanks for the help have noticed a difference with the braided ones.

Other thing is the pack came with 4 pipes, cant see any other flexible hoses on the car, any ideas?
1fast6
02-02-2006, 13:02
Yep other two are for the rear calipers which the same procedure.
lumber
02-02-2006, 15:49
mine appear to be hard piped at the back though, or am I being thick here?
Lunner
02-02-2006, 15:57
Get under the car, the flexi pipes for the back are where they pass the rear beam
lumber
02-02-2006, 18:11
ahhhh I see, many thanks !!!
Lunner
02-02-2006, 18:12
No probs, those are the easy ones compared to the fronts