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

[Zach Leahy]

Spreaking of which anyone have an extra rear driver's side hose from
Earls?  I kinda... uhh.. melted mine in a non-standard manuever and
have had it replaced by a cheapie rubber line for a while.


Z

On 6/9/05, Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The Earl's rear lines do have brackets. They have the
> bracket at the factory location on the unibody which
> is either stainless or coated and hasn't rusted on
> mine. They also have a bracket for the strut mount;
> IIRC, the line is mounted in a spherical bearing. It's
> a much better design than OEM.
> 
> Ian
> 
> --- Dave Pillsbury <showerks@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> > Well you do what they do with the SS lines and just
> > not put brackets on!
> > I install all of mine with the bracket opened up.
> > Then again I have one
> > of the shortest stopping distance stock braked SHO's
> > around, By the way
> > Don just and FYI we were discovering this problem on
> > the Linclon
> > Versiallies Rear ends in rod swaps and my Stang back
> > in 88.
> > Dave
> >
> > Donald Mallinson wrote:
> >
> > > 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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