Need Help With Brake Lines

[nathn_r33]

Hi i am trying to take my brake Calipers off to paint them but cant seem to get the brake line off the Caliper. Anyone have any good advice that might help or even bad advice will do.

[Skas33]

Leave them on

[nathn_r33]

And what paint the calipers on the car?? or should i remove the brake line from somewhere diff on the car?

[predator]

you can leave them on generally to paint them, and most people do..

But if you want to remove the line you'll just have to get behind the caliper.. there is a nut there.. I think its a 10mm spanner you need.

The other alternative is to unscrew it from up near the wheel arch, as that is where it goes into the metal line and up towards the master cylinder.

Remember removing the caliper will require you to rebleed the lines and fit new fluid.

[nathn_r33]

Yeah thanks i had been trying to undo that nut its 14mm by the way. but i could not get it off after much hard pulling (no bad jokes pls) i got it off and calipers are on there way to being a nice blue.

[cowie165]

Just for those guys searching through old posts, like me, the R32 line has a 10mm nut. Using a 10mm spanner I started to strip it.

Try using a shifter instead if you're having trouble. The shifter helped me get a much better grip of the nut so there was no chance of it slipping.

Cheers.

[R34GTT-R]

Use a pipe spanner guys. Using an open ended is asking for trouble.

[cowie165]

Sorry dude, I'm not sure what a pipe spanner is. Obviously can't get to it with a ring spanner so shifter provided best surface contact.

[MANWHORE]

I believe by pipe spanner, he means ring spanner. As in, the other side of the open spanner.

I took off the calipers when I did mine, then I could get a much better finish. It was easier to clean too. Also, there was no chance of overspray.

rebleeding the lines was no big deal as it was time to do it anyway.

[Neil]

What R34GTT-R means by a pipe spanner is basically a ring spanner with a slot cut out of it so it fits past the steel brake pipe. This is the only tool that should ever be used,,, a must for every toolbox.

Neil.

[cowie165]

Cheers Neil. Managed to fumble my way through without but will keep it in mind in future.