Not as bad as you think... - Saab 9-5 Bulletin Board - Saabnet.com
The banner above is an advertisment - if it asks you to download software, please ignore.
Site News - 4/9 Saab Owners' Convention Day Pass Raffle | 3/26 M Car Covers (by State of Nine)
[General | Members | C900 | 9000 | NG900 & OG93 | 93 | 95 | NG95 | 99 | Sonett | Vintage Models | Clubs | Other Cars | FAQs | Gifts | Member Photo Galleries | Member Directory | Classifieds | Manuals | *Buddy Registry | *Mileage Registry | Polls | What's New | Raffle | Photo of the Month | Sponsors]

95 Bulletin Board
1999-2009 [Subscribe to Daily Digest]
(Search Author's Posts: e.g. Keyword:username)*Members Only

[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
Not as bad as you think...
Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board
Posted by es9 (more from es9) on Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:00:27 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Saab 9-5 rear brake lines (pipes), anyone ever change?, RichF, Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:35:26
Alert me when someone posts in this thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

I had one fail last winter. (2000 9-5 wagon, 210k miles) The other one looks, um, interesting. The car has lived its whole life in Vermont... The LR one was the one that failed, which, if you have looked at this closely, has a pretty unbelievable series of bends in it - actually both rear lines have pretty incredible bends in them.

I didn't bother removing the old line, I just left it in there, it's well fastened. I cut the line in the straight section under the car near the passenger rear door. Then, armed with a big roll of 3/16 brake line, I fed a long piece from the RR wheel well to the LR, bent it appropriately, flared and hooked it up at the LR caliper's flex line, then it was sticking out of the RR side, so I cut about 5' off the remaining coil and bent it again around all those obstacles and finally to the straight section underneath. Trim to length, flare, flare the other line (from the brake master cyl) you cut off earlier, connect it up... Actually was not nearly much of a pain as I thought it would be. Cost like $20-30 or something like that for a fairly massive roll of brake line.

If it were me, I'd wait for it to fail rather than screw around with it, they can look really bad and last quite awhile. Of course, I am now driving around with a flaring tool and a whole bunch of brake line in the spare tire compartment :) If you don't have a flaring tool, these cars have bubble flares, so score the appropriate tool.

Hope that helps...


posted by 75.58.183...

Posts in this Thread:
Alert me when someone posts in this thread:
Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup
Post a Followup

No Site Registration is Required to Post - Site Membership is optional (Member Features List), but helps to keep the site online
for all Saabers. If the site helps you, please consider helping the site by becoming a member.

Name: Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos
E-Mail: (Optional)
Re-Enter E-Mail: (Confidential & Secure - Not revealed to other users!)
Note: Please check your spam folder for BB responses.

Subject:

Posting rules are simple - No for sale/wanted ads may be posted here - use the site classifieds.
You may not cross-post your message to multiple BBs.
Not permitted: political/religious topics and being disrespectful (personal attacks, insults, etc...).
 Site Members do not see any red text, inline ad links, bottom of page anchor ads, box ads, or anti-spam check.

Message: (please no for sale/wanted classifieds - post those in the Saabnet.com Classifieds)
Links are now automatically made active, no need for any special code (or use the Option Link field below) - don't put links in () or end with a '.'
To add inline images to your post, use [img]http://www.domain.com/img.jpg[endimg] (or use the Optional Image Link field below).

Links are now automatically made active, no need for any special code (or use the Option Link field below) - don't put links in () or end with a '.'
To add inline images to your post above, use [img]http://www.domain.com/img.jpg[endimg] (or use the Optional Image Link field below).
Optional Link: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/)
Link Title: (Optional)
Optional Photo/Image Link: (e.g. http://www.saabnet.com/img.jpg)
Photo/Image to Upload: (Please be patient while file uploads)



StateOfNine.com
SaabClub.com
Jak Stoll Performance
M Car Covers
Ad Available

The content on this site may not be republished without permission. Copyright © 1988-2024 - The Saab Network - saabnet.com.
For usage guidelines, see the Mission & Privacy Notice.
[Contact | Site Map | Saabnet.com on Facebook | Saabnet.com on Twitter | Shop Amazon via TSN | Site Donations]

Random Saabnet.com Member Gallery Photos (Click Image)
This is a moderated bulletin board - Posting is a privilege, not a right. Unsolicited commercial postings are not allowed (no spam). Please, no For Sale or Wanted postings, SERIOUSLY. Classifieds are to be listed in The Saab Network Classifieds pages. This is a problem solving forum for over 250,000 Saab owners, so expect to see problems discussed here even though our cars are generally very reliable. This is not an anything goes type of forum. Saabnet.com has been a moderated forum since 1988. For usage guidelines, see the Saabnet.com Mission and Purpose Page. Please remember that you are not anonymous. Site Contact | Site Donations | Other Sites by SP - Poverty2Prosperity.org | Run Club Menlo Park | ScreenBot


Site Members do not see red text instructions, bottom of the page anchor ads, or box ads.
Click here to see all the Site Membership Benefits!