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On 23 Jun 2005 at 10:55, Aaron Clow wrote: > The problem I had was trying to get the rubber hose coupling separated > from the brake line. They were rusted together and nothing was going to > get them off... So I figured I could just replace the brake line as well... Do you own a set of metric line wrenches? You really need these to do this work. They are also known as flare nut wrenches, and they look like 6-point box end wrenches with a nibble taken out of the box so you can slip them over the line. I find that when these joints are tight, I can put the proper wrench on each hex, at an appropriate angle from each other, and then just squeeze them together with one hand. Once you get the wrenches in the right orientation, this always works. You can exert a huge amount of torque this way, and you can do it in places where you couldn't otherwise get 2 hands. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~