Braided Brake Hoses- Surprising Difference
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I have just fitted new Braided Brake hoses all round and taken the car for a test drive. I know that the system now has new brake fluid and has been completely bled but there is a surprising difference to the feel of the brakes.
The brakes before were OK and I only changed them as I bought the Red Braided hoses some months ago when I changed the Discs and Pads but didnt get round to changing them at the time.
Apart from a pig of a job to change the rear hoses , the main problem was getting the existing brake coupling to screw onto the new brake hose as I just couldn't get the thread started . Both sides
The feel of the brakes is so much firmer on the pedal. Whether they stop any better is another matter, but the feel of them I think makes it a worth while upgrade and for around £50 I am pleased that I did it.
Tip
Cut the old ones off so you can get a ring spanner on the hose end nut and use some cling film on the brake reservoir and screw on the easi bleed top and you dont get brake fluid dripping every where.
Trev
The brakes before were OK and I only changed them as I bought the Red Braided hoses some months ago when I changed the Discs and Pads but didnt get round to changing them at the time.
Apart from a pig of a job to change the rear hoses , the main problem was getting the existing brake coupling to screw onto the new brake hose as I just couldn't get the thread started . Both sides
The feel of the brakes is so much firmer on the pedal. Whether they stop any better is another matter, but the feel of them I think makes it a worth while upgrade and for around £50 I am pleased that I did it.
Tip
Cut the old ones off so you can get a ring spanner on the hose end nut and use some cling film on the brake reservoir and screw on the easi bleed top and you dont get brake fluid dripping every where.
Trev
"Apart from a pig of a job to change the rear hoses"
Sorry to resurrect such an old thread.
I am just at that stage now and have assembled the rear O/S corner. I only had 10 minutes left to swap the old brake hose for the Goodridge steel ones and I have to say I couldn't even get a spanner on either of the nuts behind the retaining plate, and they looked just as inaccessible from underneath the car.
Anyone got any tips on how to access these nuts and complete what should be a 5 minute job?
Just one more query if I may. When I bleed the system is it always neccessary to bleed the master cylinder or does bleeding the 4 calipers usually do the job?
roysum said:
BliarOut said:
A proper six flat brake spanner is a good investment. Master cylinder doesn't have a nipple, start bleeding the furthest caliper then work your way towards the closest.
I think you will find the master cylinder has got a bleed nipple 
Roy
I'll rephrase that, my master cylinder hasn't got a bleed nipple...
quattrophenia said:
I hope mine doesn't have one as it sounds a PITA to do.
Apparently lowering the front of the car slightly allow's the air to escape? If my brake pedal is soft after bleeding the calipers would this work and save me doing open wing surgery!?
Just make sure your MC is topped up, I let mine get too low that's when the fun and games started. I presume you realise the MC bleed nipple is accessible (sort of) through the clutch MC cover.Apparently lowering the front of the car slightly allow's the air to escape? If my brake pedal is soft after bleeding the calipers would this work and save me doing open wing surgery!?
R
WOO5IE said:
If you put cling film over the master cylinder and replace cap then you shouldnt lose too much fluid so makes bleeding easier. I had no problems using Easibleed
I'm being thick again ! if you put cling film over the MC, how is the fluid being replaced when bleeding and how can you use the eezibleed ? Doesn't the eezibleed have another cap for the MC with a tube attached for pressurised fluid ? 
roysum said:
WOO5IE said:
If you put cling film over the master cylinder and replace cap then you shouldnt lose too much fluid so makes bleeding easier. I had no problems using Easibleed
I'm being thick again ! if you put cling film over the MC, how is the fluid being replaced when bleeding and how can you use the eezibleed ? Doesn't the eezibleed have another cap for the MC with a tube attached for pressurised fluid ? WOO5IE said:
I alos made sure that enough fluid came out if the caliper bleed niples to ensure all the old fluid was replaced by new.
if you use this stuff: http://www.k300performance.co.uk/brakes/brake-flui... it's easy to see when you replace the fluid because it's blue! They also make it in amber for the next time you do it....EggsBenedict said:
WOO5IE said:
I alos made sure that enough fluid came out if the caliper bleed niples to ensure all the old fluid was replaced by new.
if you use this stuff: http://www.k300performance.co.uk/brakes/brake-flui... it's easy to see when you replace the fluid because it's blue! They also make it in amber for the next time you do it....Yikes,
Well I had another look at those 'bleeding' rear brake lines and I have left them for another day. Still got plenty of suspension to install, but the time will come when I run out of jobs and have to remove them.
How have other people got at the retaining nuts on the back of the mounting plate, from the front or from under the car? would a very short spanner be better? I cant even get a set of grips in there to crack the nuts
very annoying.
Well I had another look at those 'bleeding' rear brake lines and I have left them for another day. Still got plenty of suspension to install, but the time will come when I run out of jobs and have to remove them.
How have other people got at the retaining nuts on the back of the mounting plate, from the front or from under the car? would a very short spanner be better? I cant even get a set of grips in there to crack the nuts
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