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 Aussie Dubbin
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| posted on July 6th, 2011 at 07:19 PM |
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Used hard brake lines
HI Guys,
How would yo clean the inside of hard brake lines that have been hanging around in my shed for 12ish months..
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| posted on July 6th, 2011 at 08:16 PM |
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HI Guys,
How would yo clean the inside of hard brake lines that have been hanging around in my shed for 12ish months..
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Run brake fluid through them. I wouldn't use any other type of fluid.
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| posted on July 6th, 2011 at 08:25 PM |
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Any suggestionsfor how?
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| posted on July 6th, 2011 at 08:46 PM |
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funnell?
contact clearner would suffice too, comes in a can like wd40 etc, its essentially pure alcohol, evaporates pretty quick, handy stuff really, priceiest
ive found it was $37 a can at goulburn repco, saved a 3month old phone from death by latte though so not too bad in the scheme of things.
once its all cleaned out, refit all your lines up & bleed them all from master to caliper, then attach to calipers/wheel cylinders & repeat,
should work fine
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| posted on July 6th, 2011 at 08:49 PM |
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Well, personally unless they were super dirty I would probably just put them in the car and bleed the system through a few times. If you wanted to do
it a bit more properly, try getting a large plastic syringe and a length of hose which you can fit over the brake line, then syringe the brake fluid
through. Or else maybe try just a funnel and do it with gravity. Or you could get one of those hand pumps which you can buy from car parts stores and
pump some brake fluid through. Use your imagination!
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| posted on July 6th, 2011 at 09:02 PM |
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Run an air blower off a compressor into a small piece of fuel pipe with the other side going on to the bubble on the pipe. should blow it clear.
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Steve
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| posted on July 7th, 2011 at 08:15 PM |
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Use some brake cleaner ,evaporates quickly and cheap(supercrap sell it) or Isopropyl(Bunnings keep it). Maybe seal up one end to let fluid soak for a
bit then compressed air through it after draining.
BTW One of the brands of brake cleaner has an extended nozzle or get the plastic tube from a WD40 can for the nozzle.........
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| posted on July 8th, 2011 at 01:05 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by matara
Run an air blower off a compressor into a small piece of fuel pipe with the other side going on to the bubble on the pipe. should blow it clear.
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Steve
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This is what i did, and i swear by it. Old original brake lines that had been exposed for more than 2 yrs in the weather got blown out, solving the
cloggin issue i had. Allowing brake fluid to just drain in won't apply great pressure to really blow out stuff if there are mass amounts of debree or
blockage. however brake fluid is good for washing out fine particulates.
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