small dilema, but irritation nonetheless Options

[seanery]

Today I went out to take the rear calipers and rubber lines off and replace with SS and new pads in the rotors and speedbleeders. Before my arthritis made me stop I ran into a problem on the passenger side where the rubber line meets the hard line. I can't get them separated. My 11mm is starting to round the edge of the hard line and they won't budge.

I'm really getting frustrated with brake related crap.


Anyone have any great ideas? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[Gint]

Save your hands. Vice grips will get it done, but you might be bloody before it's done.

I had a stubborn hard/soft line junction on "the brown car", I pulled the spring clip, and then cut a slot in the frame bracket from the outside of it to the hole. Bent down one side of the bracket and removed the hard/soft line combo from the bracket. That gave me room to manuever the hose and get them undone with vice grips. If you have too, you can even replace the hard line when your done if you mangle the bejeezus out of the fitting. If you are nice and careful about it, you can bend the bracket back to it's original position and re-use the spring clamp when reinstalling the hose(s).