The rubber hoses on your vehicle's brake lines require to be checked every six months or so. Connect the new brake hose to the caliper using the original fitting bolt with new washers (make sure you know the correct torque for the bolt on your vehicle). Route the hose to the bracket, making sure it isn't twisted, and tighten the hose bracket bolt. Connect the brake line fitting, tightening it first by hand and finishing it with the wrench.
Stand the vehicle securely on jack stands and remove the rotate using the brake hose that is to be changed. Loosening the lug nuts on the circle before raising the vehicle Testament produce removing the circle easier.
2. Disconnect the brake-line becoming from the hose at the bracket using a flare-nut wrench. Grasp the hose with a wrench while unscrewing the becoming to avoid twisting the frame bracket. Remove the clip and then detach the hose from the bracket.
3. Seperate the hose from the caliper at the hose's other limitation by removing the inlet becoming bolt. Discard any washers that were with the fitting bolt.
4. Any hoses that are dry, cracked, leaking or display other signs of damage longing to be changed to prevent loss of fluid, and to amass air from entering the brake process. You Testament inevitably creator air to enter the course when you nickels any brake hoses, so bleeding the brakes of every caliper you interchange a hose at is crucial.
Instructions
1.5. Bleed the brake system at the caliper. Loosen the caliper's bleeder valve and connect a clear tube to it, placing the tube's other end in a container with brake fluid. Have an assistant press the brake pedal for a few seconds while you slowly open the valve to purge the air out. Close the valve and repeat until all air is removed.
6. Replace the wheel and lower the vehicle.
