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

[Dave Pillsbury]

Thats great one of the funniest things I've read this week. in a 
non-standard manuever.........I gotta use that one next time I screw the 
pooch with the SHO.

Zach Leahy wrote:

>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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