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Been busy this evening replacing one of the rear brake callipers on the Roadster, and I thought I'd fit some Goodridge braided brake hoses and flush with some DOT 5.1 for good measure
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The replacement calliper and rear hoses went on OK, but I should have known that things would be different when coming to do the fronts.
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The front rubber hoses on the roadster attach to the copper hard pipe vertically behind the strut
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(more or less
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The problem I'd got is that it looks like MrT cross threaded the rubber hose to hard pipe fitting at the factory
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I can unscrew the fitting what feels to be 90% of the way, and then it spins freely
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- but without the hard pipe bolt coming away from the fitting on the end of the rubber hose.
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I've spent about an hour trying different angles, different pressures to persuade them to come apart, but had no luck
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So
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I'm wondering what I can do next.
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Options:
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1.
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Buy new hard pipe from Master cylinder
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/ ABS
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/ wherever to the NSF front wing where the problem connection is.
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Remove old pipe using large angle grinder
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and throw away.
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2.
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Keep trying to separate them
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- trying to re-tighten and starting over isn't an option either.
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Maybe put more pressure on pulling them apart to see if the cross-threaded bits engage better and come free?
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Use a nut splitter? I don't think I could slide it up the hose past the fitting points
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4.
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Try to Dremmel slots either side of the remaining fitting on the top of the rubber hose and split apart
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Assuming I can get the existing parts free from one another
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the threads on the bolt don't look the best as it has been cross threaded in the past
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- I'm assuming that cleaning them up with a tap and dye set will help but I'm not counting on it
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Any ideas
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/ advice welcome
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