I could use some help/advice on BBK install. I found rounded off nuts on the hard brake line

TRTW · 12-16-2006, 08:34 PM

I am in the midst of doing my suspension/BBK install and everything was going great. I was scared of the lower pinch bolt on the front (had a nightmare with my old A4 with the similar bolt) but they both slid right out. The break down and contruction of the new strut assemblies went well. I was having a great day. Right up till I went to remove the stock brake lines......... The picture doesn't really show just how bad the nut is on the hard line. A previous owner or inbecile tech has totally rounded these nuts off..... on both sides. I can't even tell what size they are supposed to be. I am assuming 10mm on the hard line and 15mm on the soft side. Regardless I can not get a wrench on either nut. What are my options here? Would it be possible to snip the hard line and put a new connector on it? I have never done this but I suppose I could buy a flare tool and try. It looks like someone has already tried to use a pair of vise grips on the top nut and that didn't work. Has anyone faced this before? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

alpinab7 · 12-16-2006, 09:19 PM

I know you want to have it done now but get some braided lines, remove all that is wrong and do it right. You'll feel better when it's done right.

VR_Life · 12-16-2006, 10:04 PM

Get the special vice grips with the bump in the center. They work wonders, I've used them to undo siezed brakeline nuts on all my cars.

Irwin Locking Vice Grips

hrvstofsrrw · 12-16-2006, 10:39 PM

hey man i had a similar issue on my friends 951 i used a flare nut wrench that was slighly too small for the nut and just tapped it on there. as im sure you know its hardline all the way back to the cylinder so i wouldnt snip it if i were u

quattro20v · 12-17-2006, 06:52 AM

it won't be very long.

S6 4RiNGS · 12-17-2006, 08:20 AM

No FLAPS had the correct type line, and no warehouse had it, so it had to come from Germany

kday · 12-17-2006, 09:09 AM

VR_Life · 12-17-2006, 09:46 AM

Then install fresh set of stainless steel lines. No point in replacing with the rubber stock rubbish.

kday · 12-17-2006, 09:58 AM

I have those pliers too. I bought them as a talisman to ward off sized compression nuts. It seems to have worked so far.

VR_Life · 12-17-2006, 10:07 AM

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/148746.phtml

12-16-2006, 09:19 PM	#2
alpinab7 AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,445	Ditch it and get some stainless lines. I know you want to have it done now but get some braided lines, remove all that is wrong and do it right. You'll feel better when it's done right.

12-16-2006, 10:04 PM	#3
VR_Life Guest Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,717	That doesn't help - he still has to get the old ones off first. Try using Irwin ViceLock Grips Get the special vice grips with the bump in the center. They work wonders, I've used them to undo siezed brakeline nuts on all my cars. Irwin Locking Vice Grips

12-16-2006, 10:39 PM	#4
hrvstofsrrw AudiWorld Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 510	Re: I could use some help/advice on BBK install. I found rounded off nuts on the hard brake line hey man i had a similar issue on my friends 951 i used a flare nut wrench that was slighly too small for the nut and just tapped it on there. as im sure you know its hardline all the way back to the cylinder so i wouldnt snip it if i were u __________________ 95.5 s6 silver on black; big red monoblocks . now with pretty bbs rxII's to boot 93 pearl on black gone but never forgotten biesse viper/ rotax tag kart in the csc sprint class < reason for mostly stock car BBS for sale in classifieds http://forums.audiworld.com/wheel-class/msgs/1665.phtml

12-17-2006, 06:52 AM	#5
quattro20v AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 3,289	I'd cut it off and either make or buy new hard lines. Since this is this the front it won't be very long. __________________ 1997 Audi S6 - Tornado Red on Ecru ---------------------------------- RS2 with MTM Chipset Porsche 928 GTS "big blacks" with 2 piece 993tt rotors S6+ euro sport springs and Boge shocks e-code xenons with range control motors The Rest ------------- 1990 Audi 90q 20V - The Back-up 1991 Alpina B10 BiTurbo - The Hobby Car 1992 VW Passat Wagon Syncro - The Wife's

12-17-2006, 08:20 AM	#6
S6 4RiNGS Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,202	Be careful ordering from dealer, my car was outta commission for 2 weeks because... No FLAPS had the correct type line, and no warehouse had it, so it had to come from Germany __________________ 07 Lexus IS350 Tungsten Pearl/Black + NAV + Mark Levinson 95 Audi S6 w/Lots of Mods

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12-17-2006, 09:09 AM	#7
kday AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,247	Sounds like a good time to invest in a metric bubble flare tool... __________________ 1994 S4 with stuff 1996 A6q Avant with no stuff 1990 Miata with a little stuff

12-17-2006, 09:46 AM	#8
VR_Life Guest Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,717	You have to use the right type of vice grips - see my updated post below Then install fresh set of stainless steel lines. No point in replacing with the rubber stock rubbish.

12-17-2006, 09:58 AM	#9
kday AudiWorld Super User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 5,247	... and then what? Use the fancy vice grips to screw the mangled fitting back in? I have those pliers too. I bought them as a talisman to ward off sized compression nuts. It seems to have worked so far. __________________ 1994 S4 with stuff 1996 A6q Avant with no stuff 1990 Miata with a little stuff

12-17-2006, 10:07 AM	#10
VR_Life Guest Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,717	Read the post http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/148746.phtml

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