Rear caliper snapped brake line

[belfastchris45]

Hi there

I was replacing the disc and found the piston to be sized. A lot of swearing and blood I got it back in, but the brake line has snapped off right where it connects to the caliper

Do I need to replace the full line, from front of car to rear, or any idea what part I need to fix this.

Thanks for any help. Car is off the road until I get this sorted

 

[Sean886]

Trace the line back and see if there is any joins in it. If their is then you wont need to replace it all...

Id imagine that their will be a join and you can replace it though!

 

[Arkaig]

There's a rubber flexi hose not too far back, near where the rear axle joins the chassis.

 

[krussel]

Buy yourself a proper brake pipe spanner (like a ring spanner with a slot cut out.)

Check size first.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Draper-Br...350?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item541a7ed056

Use penetrating oil on the joint before you try to undo it with 2 spanners, one to hold the other side.

Once you have removed the old pipe take it to a motor factors store and get them to make you a new one.

best of luck.

 

[belfastchris45]

Cheers for all the comments. Feel like such a tool for braking it. Piston with sized so was all over the place trying to get it to go back in

 

[bald_eagle]

Cheers for all the comments. Feel like such a tool for braking it. Piston with sized so was all over the place trying to get it to go back in

been there done that with a seized piston and very annoying...managed to get mine back on without braking it but every time i touched the brake the piston moved out without moving back in so ended up cooking the disc as it was stuck on...

you can buy the back end of the brake line from the joint to the caliper separately.ebay have a few and im sure motor factors would. example below although that is for a pair.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEAT-IBIZ...Car+Make:Seat|Model:Ibiza&hash=item4d1c6efa08