Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
The work is shown using the example of replacing the brake hose of the right wheel.
To complete the work you will need an assistant and a special key by 10 mm for brake pipes, transparent vinyl tube of suitable diameter, container for draining brake fluid, fresh brake fluid (see "Operating fluids").
Removal
1. Prepare the vehicle for operations (see "Preparing a car for maintenance and repair").
2. Remove the front wheel (see "Wheel - replacement").
3. Using pliers, remove the bracket securing the brake hose.
4. With a special key by 10 mm unscrew the brake pipe fitting, holding the end of the hose with a wrench by 17 mm.
5. To reduce the loss of brake fluid, put a protective cap on the end of the tube (from the brake cylinder bleed nipple) and remove the hose tip from the bracket on the body.
6. With a deep-head socket wrench by 10 mm unscrew the bolt securing the brake hose fixing bracket.
7. Remove the retaining clip.
8. With a socket wrench by 14 mm using an extension, unscrew the bolt that secures the brake hose tip.
9. Remove the hose with the bolt and copper sealing washers.
Installation
1. Replace the copper sealing washers.
2. Install the new hose in the reverse order.
3. Similarly, replace the hose on the opposite side.
4. Bleed the front circuit of the brake hydraulic drive (see "Hydraulic brake drive - bleeding and replacing brake fluid").