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Front left brake line replacement. 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be steve d on  Thu Sep 29 13:54 CST 2005 [RELATED]

Hi Yuri,
The other end of the line go's to the brake master cylinder/fuid resivoir.
The nut on that end is very similair but I do not think you will experience the same amount of trouble as the one you have rounded off.
Your best bet is to get a new brake line from a dealer, that way you will have everything match up. You will have to bend the new one as they do not come "prebent" no matter what the parts guy says the book shows, so when you remove the old one becarefull not to put too many extra bends in it. Buy a brake line tubing bender at an auto parts store and do not rush this job it is easy to make the bends incorrect. Use a magic marker to mark the new line as you go from one bend to where the next one needs to be, use a tape measure for this. You can unbend the tubing when you make a mistake if you are carefull. It is better to start a bend and check to make sure it is bending the correct way/angle before you put a full bend in it and discover it was the wrong way/angle.

Volvo of Houston has a parts department that will sell people out of their local area parts at their cost. Search the archives on this site for the phone number.

As a last resort for the rounded nut, use a smaller pair of vice grips on the rounded nut and be sure to hold the hose side nut from turning. This is a 2 wrench process and is a wicked pain in the ____. I have just replaced both of the front brake hoses on my '95 855t and I had to put a torch on the nuts and get them almost red before they would break lose from the hose fitting. Be sure to flush the brake fluid an extra amount at these brakes after all of the new parts are installed,

steve d '94 854 125k, '95 855t 155k. '00 c70lt 85k.






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