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Re: Rubber brake lines



Give it heat, Meat (with apologies to Bull Durham).

Seriously, that's about your best option at this point.  A propane torch.  
And then you get into the fun part of replacing the hard lines, most likely 
including bending them to fit, since you buggered up the fittings.

BTDT (but on a VW)!

Martin Bullen
'95 M3
'97 Z3 2.8

In a message dated 5/11/03 10:33:05 PM, [email protected] writes:

>Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 10:39:16 EDT
>From: [email protected]
>Subject: Rubber brake lines
>
>Greetings,
>
>I tried to remove the rear rubber brake lines on my car last night.  Tried
>
>using flared wrenches and PB Blaster.  No luck!  Finally, I buggered up
>the 
>fittings with vice grips, but they're not coming off.
>
>Anyone got any ideas on how to get them off?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Richard
>87 535i.

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