I'm about to change the front calipers, disks and pads. I also have new brake hoses, so I want to install them too. I'm not sure how to remove the hose from the car's end.
(picture from the partsbook) Should I hold the brake pipe's threaded end in place with a spanner and rotate the hose? Or is it a sort of nut (don't now how to call it) that can rotate around the brake pipe and that is screwed into the brakehose. Then I should hold the brakehose in place and rotate the nut?
Can anyone explain it?
Front brake hose connection
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Got a bit scared by the "If you don't do this then your really fook it up" part, maybe I will keep the old hoses as they are 2 and 3 years old.
If I understand it right then the screw parts can rotate around the copper brake pipe (that is where the WD40 is needed for, to make it rotate smootly)?
If I remove it like described then it is just the case of removing the hose and refit the screw part of the brake pipe into the new hose?
If I understand it right then the screw parts can rotate around the copper brake pipe (that is where the WD40 is needed for, to make it rotate smootly)?
If I remove it like described then it is just the case of removing the hose and refit the screw part of the brake pipe into the new hose?