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Old 10-10-2016, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris W. View Post
Hoses are seemingly simple, but the connection where the flex hose attaches to the hard lines at that small clip always seems to be impossible to remove. And once you mess up the end of that hard line, then you have to change that hard line, which will have a difficult connection further up the line which will get messed up, etc. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Unless you live in Phoenix or someplace in which it never rains or snows! I don't know what shops do to get that connection loose.

Rgds,
Chris W.
ex 95 E300D, 467K
I actually had the drivers side broken loose at the strut bracket as well as at the caliper. I had been soaking with penetrating fluid for about an hour before I tried...and it worked!
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