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Old Feb 25, 2006
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REmoving wheel cylinders

It's a small line, about 10 inches long that connects from the main brake line into the wheel cylinder. What is it called? How do you remove it from the wheel cylinder? Am trying to and the brake line is twisting on me. Do i spin the bolt 360 degrees or wiggle it back and forth?

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Old Feb 26, 2006
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it is also part of the brake line assembly. Now to remove that nut from the wheel cylinder, you need to use a flare nut wrench. I have been in the same situation before and have found normal wrenches dont work.
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Sometimes if you live in RUST country it will require a little heat to break the nut lose from the line as well as from the cyl
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just out of curiosity, does anyone know what size SAE flare nut wrench is equivalent to a 10MM metric flare nut wrench for that brake line nut?
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Originally Posted by streetglower
just out of curiosity, does anyone know what size SAE flare nut wrench is equivalent to a 10MM metric flare nut wrench for that brake line nut?
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Sae and metric are incompatible. Using a wrong but similar looking wrench will round off the bolt.
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Originally Posted by dazzdillinger
Sae and metric are incompatible. Using a wrong but similar looking wrench will round off the bolt.
agreed. and btw THE CLOSEST you can get is a 3/8 (f you if my fraction is wrong, thats why I love Metric)
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