[Shotimes] HELP! rear brake pad replacement issues (piston)

[Donald Mallinson]

The bracket isn't squeezing the line shut, it is the bracket rusting and 
that rust migrating through the rubber line to swell it shut.

How do I know?  I was one of the first people to report this phenomenon 
and I cut open my old brake line to see what was happening.

opening up the bracket might help a little since the rusty part won't be 
tight against the metal, but now the line can move and rub against it.

I would NOT mess with that bracket, for a jot that needs done maybe once 
every 5 years?

Don Mallinson

Jason Hartberger wrote:

> Is there any way to widen that bracket a little before you put the 
> line in? It seems like if I just open it up a little it'd still hold 
> the hose in but it wouldn't make the hose swell shut...
>
> Just a thought...
>
> Jason
>
>
> Dave Pillsbury wrote:
>
>> The only time you have to open the bleeder to get the piston back in 
>> is when the line collapses where it attaches at the strut in that POS 
>> bracket
>
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