Hi All,
The hard lines need to be unscrewed to remove the flexible fitting (unless the rubber line is capable of twisting itself up the number of turns the pipe screws on.
I've been avoiding this .... as I was sure I would destroy all the flare nuts and have to cut everything apart. Incredibly its all just unscrewing.
I could tell I was twisting the line.... but could tell if it was just the spring outer .... or the line within .... Well, I could tell it was the line within as well as soon as it broke
The other side is going to twist the hard line off as well. Has anyone had traction brakes apart before? Should the flare nut turn freely without the spring outer and line twisting with it If it should I'll try some heat.
Given I've now snapped a line, I can see they are in fine shape and certainly don't need replacing (look at the wall thickness and shiny metal there in the break). However if I can't see how to unscrew them without twisting the lines off .... this will turn into a full re-piping job just to change one flexible line as I'll twist all the lines off as I just try replace the previous line ....
The hard lines need to be unscrewed to remove the flexible fitting (unless the rubber line is capable of twisting itself up the number of turns the pipe screws on.
I've been avoiding this .... as I was sure I would destroy all the flare nuts and have to cut everything apart. Incredibly its all just unscrewing.
I could tell I was twisting the line.... but could tell if it was just the spring outer .... or the line within .... Well, I could tell it was the line within as well as soon as it broke
The other side is going to twist the hard line off as well. Has anyone had traction brakes apart before? Should the flare nut turn freely without the spring outer and line twisting with it If it should I'll try some heat.
Given I've now snapped a line, I can see they are in fine shape and certainly don't need replacing (look at the wall thickness and shiny metal there in the break). However if I can't see how to unscrew them without twisting the lines off .... this will turn into a full re-piping job just to change one flexible line as I'll twist all the lines off as I just try replace the previous line ....