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MOhillbilly · 01-02-2013, 04:46 PM

Busted the line at the fitting on the rear passenger side today. I can't get the fitting off, it seems really soft on both ends. Box wrench and socket wanted to round the edges with the slightest amount of torque. Special tool of tricks?

Orielly didn't know the diameter of.the line either. My chiltons didn't have specs that I seen. I assumed its 3/16.

**SAUTO** · 01-03-2013, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Dayze

I don't trust anything you say anymore after your Fetzer valve replacement.

it's out of spec, and voided my warranty.

Should have let this dude do it
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Dayze · 01-03-2013, 10:59 PM

typical small town mechanic

**SAUTO** · 01-03-2013, 11:00 PM

The fluid breaks down. Heat breaks it down.

If you never had a leak you would never have to bleed it, so IN THEORY the brake system would last forever. In theory, but not in the real world, where I work
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Exoter175 · 01-03-2013, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

If you are getting air in your brake lines the compressability of the air will completely overwhelm the compressibility of the brake fluid. Exoter, how do you manage to keep the exact amount of air in each brake line so you don't get any pulling?

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

Should have let this dude do it
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I don't really work with Fetzer stuff, I'm not radio shack.

Dayze · 01-03-2013, 11:02 PM

Fetzer is German. I should've made that clear. i have a VW

Exoter175 · 01-03-2013, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

The fluid breaks down. Heat breaks it down.

If you never had a leak you would never have to bleed it, so IN THEORY the brake system would last forever. In theory, but not in the real world, where I work
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Well no shit fluid breaks down smarty pants, but we're talking about the braking system, not part of it, or the force that drives pressure, which isn't actually the fluid itself.

If you were right, we wouldn't have service calls on rubber brake lines. If you were right, we wouldn't have expansion issues in rubber brake lines due to over pressurization in the braking system.

How does over pressurization even happen?

If pressure doesn't matter, how can you create a seal under zero pressure?

Exoter175 · 01-03-2013, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dayze

Fetzer is German. I should've made that clear. i have a VW

If I'm not mistaken, Fetzer has to do with something in the booster circuit/amplification world, but I could be heinously wrong. I've worked on a lot of Audi/VW stuff in my day and own many specialty tools (of which there are many for VW/Audi) and I've never ran into a Fetzer problem. Of course, if VW/Audi uses some kind of mosfet/fetzer system in their audio systems, then perhaps I have and didn't know.

As of right now, I do not know, but I"m pretty sure this is an attempted troll maybe?

**SAUTO** · 01-03-2013, 11:07 PM

90 percent of the time that rubber brake line got RESTRICTED. that's why they fail.

That's why when you step on the brakes the car pulls.one way then straightens itself out, then drifts the other when letting off the pedal. The restriction slows the fluid to the wheel, then holds the fluid at the wheel longer.
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Dayze · 01-03-2013, 11:07 PM

I think you're right. that sounds about right.
VW use inverted threads on their head bolts too. ****ing Germans

FlaChief58 · 01-03-2013, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Exoter175

If I'm not mistaken, Fetzer has to do with something in the booster circuit/amplification world, but I could be heinously wrong. I've worked on a lot of Audi/VW stuff in my day and own many specialty tools (of which there are many for VW/Audi) and I've never ran into a Fetzer problem. Of course, if VW/Audi uses some kind of mosfet/fetzer system in their audio systems, then perhaps I have and didn't know.

As of right now, I do not know, but I"m pretty sure this is an attempted troll maybe?

boogblaster · 01-03-2013, 11:07 PM

Mo .. go to a salvage .. if ya wanta repair it cheap .. line should be teed at middle of rearend .. take it loose there and then pull wheel cylinder too .. replace it all fo few bucks .....

Dayze · 01-03-2013, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

90 percent of the time that rubber brake line got RESTRICTED. that's why they fail.

That's why when you step on the brakes the car pulls.one way then straightens itself out, then drifts the other when letting off the pedal. The restriction slows the fluid to the wheel, then holds the fluid at the wheel longer.
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for the record......I'm so glad you guys know WTF you're talking about lol. If I tried to do it myself, I'd probably die.
lol

I'd have better luck disarming a nuclear bomb than working on brakes, from the sounds of it

Dayze · 01-03-2013, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by boogblaster

Mo .. go to a salvage .. if ya wanta repair it cheap .. line should be teed at middle of rearend .. take it loose there and then pull wheel cylinder too .. replace it all fo few bucks .....

well said.

**SAUTO** · 01-03-2013, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by boogblaster

Mo .. go to a salvage .. if ya wanta repair it cheap .. line should be teed at middle of rearend .. take it loose there and then pull wheel cylinder too .. replace it all fo few bucks .....

actually it's teed on the drivers side of the diff.

OMG the line he needs is longer with no prop valve in between them.

Lol at the prop valve talk. School boy
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Dayze · 01-03-2013, 11:13 PM

'Sauto, your expertise is beyond my knowledge...

but if you need me to....I'll cut a bitch.
That's about all I can offer.

.....seriously though.......I have a knife.

01-02-2013, 04:46 PM
MOhillbilly Mama Tried Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri Casino cash: $9949903	brake line fitting Busted the line at the fitting on the rear passenger side today. I can't get the fitting off, it seems really soft on both ends. Box wrench and socket wanted to round the edges with the slightest amount of torque. Special tool of tricks? Orielly didn't know the diameter of.the line either. My chiltons didn't have specs that I seen. I assumed its 3/16.
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SAUTO Shit Join Date: Jun 2008 Casino cash: $10039067	The fluid breaks down. Heat breaks it down. If you never had a leak you would never have to bleed it, so IN THEORY the brake system would last forever. In theory, but not in the real world, where I work Posted via Mobile Device
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SAUTO Shit Join Date: Jun 2008 Casino cash: $10039067	90 percent of the time that rubber brake line got RESTRICTED. that's why they fail. That's why when you step on the brakes the car pulls.one way then straightens itself out, then drifts the other when letting off the pedal. The restriction slows the fluid to the wheel, then holds the fluid at the wheel longer. Posted via Mobile Device
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Dayze Resident Glue Sniffer Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $1689358	I think you're right. that sounds about right. VW use inverted threads on their head bolts too. **ing Germans __________________ Life is 99% inspiration, 1% Perspiration, and 1% Attention to Detial. RIP & Godspeed:** Saccoppo Lonewolf Ed Fire Me Boy
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boogblaster MVP Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Verdigris Valley Campsite Casino cash: $10004900	Mo .. go to a salvage .. if ya wanta repair it cheap .. line should be teed at middle of rearend .. take it loose there and then pull wheel cylinder too .. replace it all fo few bucks ..... __________________ WR or S please
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01-03-2013, 11:13 PM	#150
Dayze Resident Glue Sniffer Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $1689358	'Sauto, your expertise is beyond my knowledge... but if you need me to....I'll cut a bitch. That's about all I can offer. .....seriously though.......I have a knife. __________________ Life is 99% inspiration, 1% Perspiration, and 1% Attention to Detial. RIP & Godspeed: Saccoppo Lonewolf Ed Fire Me Boy
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