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HuskyMan 03-18-2018 02:33 PM

Metal brake line nut won't budge....
 
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Working on the 1991 560SEL. Installed new brake lines recently so I'm unsure why the metal brake line nut won't loosen easily. I sprayed it using PB Blaster, waited twenty minuted and it still would not budge. I then using a syringe to inject with KROIL oil so we'll see if that will do the trick. I'm using a 17 mm line wrench to hold the nut on the rubber brake line and an 11 mm line wrench to try and turn the metal brake line nut.

Any ideas to help me out with this are appreciated.

HuskyMan 03-18-2018 02:55 PM

Someone suggested placing a wood block against the nut then banging on it with a hammer.

daantjie 03-18-2018 07:22 PM

Lots of localized heat from a propane torch like "Bernz-o-matic" should do the trick. Let it cool down slightly then try. Might take a few heating and cooling cycles.

torsionbar 03-18-2018 11:51 PM

Use a longer lever. Slip a length of pipe over each wrench to give you more leverage. Those parts look very clean, they're not rusted together, so penetrating oil won't help. As long as you're counter-holding the other side and you're using proper flare nut wrenches (as you are), it will break free.

optimusprime 03-19-2018 06:51 AM

Remove the lot from the bracket on the body along with the flexi hose as well . As above spray it first and then give it a little heat to cook it inside .

ejboyd5 03-19-2018 08:33 AM

Sometimes, for no apparent reason, things just won't come apart. Are any of the fittings stainless steel? Failing the "longer lever" approach you might have to sacrifice the flexible line by cutting the rubber tubing close enough to the fitting so as to allow a socket to be placed over it.

wolf_walker 03-19-2018 10:13 AM

Put a vice grip over the flare nut wrench head while it's installed on the nut to keep it tight unless you are extremely confident in the quality of said wrench. They can and will spring open under enough pressure and round the fastener. Once that's addressed, as was said little heat and make sure the other side is held equally firm and use more leverage. It'll break, just don't let it slip.

Zulfiqar 03-19-2018 01:41 PM

I have found that my knipex cobra head pliers will make quick work of that.

if you have a line wrench then use a longer lever or find a crows foot line wrench and use a breaker bar on that - dont ease on the wrench, go for sudden smacks on it.

Rick76 03-19-2018 02:56 PM

I'd be very nervous about using heat unless you are tossing the flexline, however yours looks new.
The tips about a sudden smack and the vice grips to keep the wrench from spreading are good points.

RobertFini 03-19-2018 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick76 (Post 3797864)
I'd be very nervous about using heat unless you are tossing the flexline...

I second this.

Heat has always been my preferred method, but getting it hot enough makes the fluid boil and that pressure needs somewhere to go, so I've always cut the flex hose before applying the heat; perhaps you can dismount the caliper and spin it off the end of the hose first.


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