How Do You Repair Auto Hydraulic Brake Lines?

The brake system in a car is the heart and soul of its safety features. Without properly functioning brakes, disaster is inevitable. Brakes use hydraulic pressure to force brake fluid into a wheel cylinder. The cylinder applies pressure to the brake rotor and pads, forcing the vehicle to stop. Repairing flexible brake lines can be done fairly easily, but in most cases for hard lines, it is easier to simply replace the entire brake line. Step 1 Drain the brake fluid from the vehicle. There are two ways to do this. You can open the reservoir in the engine bay and siphon out the fluid. Or, you can remove the fitting on the brake caliper with an open-ended wrench and allow the fluid to drain. Let the fluid drain into a bucket and reinstall the caliper fitting if it was removed. Step 2 Use an open-ended wrench to remove the compression fitting at each end of the damaged brake line. Flexible brake lines are shorter and connect from a bracket to the brake calipers themselves. Hard lines are ...  more