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[btc]

hi all my omega has just failed its mot on 2 items front to rear brake pipe and track rod end not to bad i suppose
can anyone tell me how bad a job it is to do the brake pipe  track rod easy enough but i dont have access to a ramp to do the brake pipe
thanks in advance brian

[Welung666]

A half decent flaring kit is around the £20 mark and less than a tenner for a short roll of Kunifer brake pipe (don't use copper as they allow moisture into the brake fluid), then make them up yourself. Not a difficult job at all

[btc]

thanks for the reply just need to find some time to do the job now and the cam gaskets

[Welung666]

thanks for the reply just need to find some time to do the job now and the cam gaskets

That's easy, just phone in sick Monday

[btc]

na cant do that i is the boss

[alank46]

Hi
I always thought that the objection to copper brake pipes was that the copper can work harden due to vibration and then fracture.  As far as I know all metals are impervious to osmosis, unlike the rubber brake hoses.  I believe that at one time Volvo used to use copper brake lines, don't know if they still do.
Be that as it may, I agree that the job is relatively simple.
Alan

A half decent flaring kit is around the £20 mark and less than a tenner for a short roll of Kunifer brake pipe (don't use copper as they allow moisture into the brake fluid), then make them up yourself. Not a difficult job at all

[Dishevelled Den]

na cant do that i is the boss

You don't need to 'phone in then. 8-)

[Pitchfork]

na cant do that i is the boss

You don't need to 'phone in then. 8-)

Another great money-saving tip from Zulu77!

[btc]

true but then nobody gets in and no work gets done  :-/

[Welung666]

true but then nobody gets in and no work gets done  :-/

Pray for heavy snow then

[sjc]

true but then nobody gets in and no work gets done  :-/

Pray for heavy snow then

Not a nice job to do in heavy snow! (unless you have a garage big enough to get the Omega in of course)

BTW, if it's just the pipes from the flexi to the caliper then you're laughing (soak the unions in WD40 overnight though).

If it's the pipes on the body side of the flexi then you're in for a whole world of pain!  They disappear behind the exhaust heat shields so I'm sure you can imagine the rest!  I had to do this job several times on Carltons so now I coat the brake lines in spray wax or grease cos I never want to have to do it again!

[btc]

it is the front to rear pipe that needs to be changed i will give my local garage a call in the morning see how much they will charge to do it

[Kneepad]

Iirc there was a thread not so far back where a garage said the had to remove the engine to replace the pipe front to back.   :-/

[btc]

hope not or it will be going 

[btc]

had the brake pipe and track rod end done and remot so another years omega driving