Anyone have an old brake line?

#1

I’m going to be rebuilding some calipers and I need an old brake line so that I can connect it to the caliper and then use compressed air to push the pistons out. I have eight calipers (four on the car and four spares) that I want to do so attaching them all to the car so push out the piston would take a really long time. I only need a few inches of line plus the fitting that screws in to the caliper.

#2

Blow gun tip for your air compressor line+rag+block of wood=done

No brake line needed

#3

[quote=“MrDomino” post=71197]I’m going to be rebuilding some calipers and I need an old brake line so that I can connect it to the caliper and then use compressed air to push the pistons out. I have eight calipers (four on the car and four spares) that I want to do so attaching them all to the car so push out the piston would take a really long time. I only need a few inches of line plus the fitting that screws in to the caliper.[/quote]I used an old brake line for this exact same thing. I pulled it off of a parts car I was dismantling. You could get a brake line from you local picknpull pretty easily. Just take a propane torch to loosen up the old brakeline fasteners.

#4

Why? I’ve even done 4 piston Brembo’s with no brake line needed. It helps if the blow gun has a rubber tip but I’ve done it without as well.

#5

I’m with Jeremy, the blow gun rubber tip makes short work of this job. Just keep your fingers clear…

#6

Jeremy has THE ANSWER !

Fish, why didn’t you think of that?

RP

#7

I’m a little slow, just not on the race track. You better be working on your race craft; I’ll be home from Afghanistan soon!

#8

I was planning on using a bike pump since I don’t have an air compressor.

#9

Home Depot, 2-gallon compressor unit on sale for about $90.

#10

Did you get ahold of any brake lines? I checked my spares pile I have quite a few.