On my 1994 Mercedes E320 wagon, I am at the last brake hose new replacement for the right rear wheel before breeding the brakes. I am having a difficult time to connect the brake line (With inside clip) to the brake hose. Although the end of the brake hose is screwed on the caliper first, it seems there is not enough wriggle room to connect the brake line to the brake hose at the top. This particular hose (metal bar?) is in the way for me to get to connecting the brake line to the brake hose. What is that particular hose or metal bar tube of some sort that is in the way (circled in red color)? Is that part of the frame and cannot be remove? Can that be remove safely so I can have more wriggle room to connect the brake line to the brake hose? See the picture below circled in red color.

If I screwing the connection on the top brake hose to the brake line first, it would have no screwing or turning the nut on the brake line to the brake caliper wthout twisting the brake hose in the process. Any suggestions, comments, advice or feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks to all for reading this post.

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Does the line circled go to the strut to level the car? Looks too large in diameter for that though. Without knowing what it is, I'd really try to work around it without disturbing the line even if having to bend a wrench or two.

Good luck!!!

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HI Sugar Bear!!! Great to hear from you. I found out from another member saying:You can remove the caliper to give you more slack. Screw the hose securely into the caliper and then start the fitting onto the hard brake pipe on the car (don't forget the securing clip) Refit the caliper, set the hose position and then finally tighten the fitting at the chassis end (hard brake pipe). The SLS hose (in red) fittings can sometimes be tricky to remove without damage to the hard pipe section.

The red circle in the picture is the hydraulic shock line. I will not mess with that hydraulic shock line while trying to connect the brake hose to the brake line and the caliper.

Hmm...moving the caliper is a good idea. I didn't think of that.

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Sugar Bear, Thank you for your post.

The rear right caliper was removed. That gave me more room to work with while reinstalling the brand new brake hose to the brake line with the spring inside the brake line nut. It was a struggle to line up both the brake line and the brake hose. Once connected, I, then, screwed in the brake hose end to the caliper, watching carefully to make sure the brake hose is not twisted. Then I tightened the nut on the brake line through the spring connecting to the brake hose. Put back the rear right caliper on the rotor. I had to push the brake pad toward the caliper to make room for the brake pad slide inside the rotor. Tighten up the caliper with 2 bolts. Reinstalled the hardware (brake pad sensor connector, 1 bolt) that goes on the caliper. Checked the brake hose to see if there were a twist or turn. Line up good!