Advice on removing rusted brake lines?

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impulse001

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I’m trying to install SS brake lines, but can’t remove the old ones... I heard some ideas I was going to try tomorrow, spray it down a few times with liquid wrench, heat it up with a blow torch, and cut the rubber close to the nut so I can use a socket instead of a wrench...

Do you guys have any other ideas for me?

Thanks...

 

lancec2c30

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All the brake lines on my 87 donor car were rusted in place bad. I got them all out with a set of vice-grips.

They are gods gift to the angry guy who just rounded the head off of his 3rd brake line in a row. Haha.

 

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lol, thanks for the advice!

 

1993SSP

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+1 on the vise grips! Just be careful and do not mess up the hardline. A little heat will work wonders sometimes as well, not too much though!

 

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+1 on the vice grips, dont use heat next to the brake fluid ive seen some bad **** happen especially if there is a tiny leak you cant see

 

90lxcoupe

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talk to your friends PB blaster and vice grips

 

82CapriRS

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i used the vice grips an pb, had a brush to get all the lose rust an garbage out of the way. could only go a little bit at a time and then id go back an fourth an spray a lil more pb in it. worked well on my car when i swapped rears the day b4 i left for mustang week in myrtle beach. somehow i didnt break anything. there still in the car as we speak. goodluck an take your time

 

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channel lock pliers and wd40 are ur friends=-)

 

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a few drops of brake fluid and let it sit for a few hours eats through rust. also keep working it back and forth, dont try to keep unscrewing it.