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On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 11:08, Jim Adney wrote: > 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. And make those 6 point line wrenches. I have seen 12 points, and with those , you might as well use pliers. > > 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. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~