Brake Hose/Line Replacement

[Tynan918]

Hit a pretty deep pot hole a couple of nights ago, and didn't have brakes this morning...

Figured air was in the lines so I attempted to bleed the brakes. When I made it to the drivers front side to bleed out the air, as my assistant was pushing the brake pedal, I noticed brake fluid shooting out on the passenger side...

Got up to check it out and this is what I see...

Squished the metal housing damn near flat...

Now...how can I repair this or do I need to replace this hose ?

If i need to replace the hose, how do I remove it and install it...never messed around with brake hoses/lines before.

 

[Tynan918]

It happened once. What makes you so sure it won't happen again?

I understand the concerns, but I drove it the way it was since July of last year before I came across this issue.

When daylight strikes and I'm settled, I'll take pics of the brackets and we can discuss installing them..

But if we cant for some strange reason, it was a cheap and minor repair... So if it happens again, it's cheap and easy to fix...

 

[Tynan918]

You can say what you want but Im looking at it a different way.
You bought/own a car with a lot of things that were put together poorly. You have a strong desire to learn to fix those things which is a good thing. You also say you have a tight budget. You are also working with a limited amount of tools. That being said, some things that are in need of repair might be slapped together and not really repaired to last. Honestly, I would say this to anyone in your position. Maybe cut it loose, get something thats more dependable and not worry about being under the car fixing stuff every weekend unless youre really enjoying doing it.
Ive been a car guy my whole life. My sons 32 and he has no interest in working on cars at all. Im actually glad.

I'm 32 and I enjoy it... My grandpa taught me and he taught himself on a farm and was a mechanic in the army for Vietnam, and his sons (my uncles) all work on cars (GM and Mopar only, only great grandpa was the Ford guy)...

My other grandpa was also a mechanic and owned a shop here in town... My dad is a career criminal serving 4 life sentences but has some knowledge on cars...never showed me anything...

My son is 11, not really into working on cars, and wants to be a funeral director...😬

I bought my first '86 MC in 2011 for $800 (loved it), and also had an '82 Impala that I was replacing the transmission at the time.

Driveshaft yoke disconnected on it while I was driving home from college classes, and I assumed I was headed for another transmission swap while I was already swapping my transmission in my Impala, so I sold the MC dirt cheap to a friend, $250...

Hurt my soul to find out it was only the yoke and driveshaft needed reconnected after I sold it...

I've been down that road and I'm not going back...I've came a long and hard way with this MC to just drop it and sell it...

I'm not scared of hard work, but if I lack any tools needed to get the job done correctly and I'm in a messed up position, I'll take shortcuts to temporarily fix the problem until I can actually fix it correctly... as I'm sure most of you have done in your younger years or even recently...

Seems as if most of you guys here in this forum are in your "Golden Years"... Sitting on a lifetime of earned money and tools and shop collection, and full time (no job or kids) to just swap a motor or pull one to rebuild on the drop of a dime... Like my grandpa...

That's not me, I'm working with what I have and can get my hands on... Some things I'm not going by the book, I do it to get by for the time being...

 

[08Malibu]

I'm 32 and I enjoy it... My grandpa taught me and he taught himself on a farm and was a mechanic in the army for Vietnam, and his sons (my uncles) all work on cars (GM and Mopar only, only great grandpa was the Ford guy)...

My other grandpa was also a mechanic and owned a shop here in town... My dad is a career criminal serving 4 life sentences but has some knowledge on cars...never showed me anything...

My son is 11, not really into working on cars, and wants to be a funeral director...😬

I bought my first '86 MC in 2011 for $800 (loved it), and also had an '82 Impala that I was replacing the transmission at the time.

Driveshaft yoke disconnected on it while I was driving home from college classes, and I assumed I was headed for another transmission swap while I was already swapping my transmission in my Impala, so I sold the MC dirt cheap to a friend, $250...

Hurt my soul to find out it was only the yoke and driveshaft needed reconnected after I sold it...

I've been down that road and I'm not going back...I've came a long and hard way with this MC to just drop it and sell it...

I'm not scared of hard work, but if I lack any tools needed to get the job done correctly and I'm in a messed up position, I'll take shortcuts to temporarily fix the problem until I can actually fix it correctly... as I'm sure most of you have done in your younger years or even recently...

Seems as if most of you guys here in this forum are in your "Golden Years"... Sitting on a lifetime of earned money and tools and shop collection, and full time (no job or kids) to just swap a motor or pull one to rebuild on the drop of a dime... Like my grandpa...

That's not me, I'm working with what I have and can get my hands on... Some things I'm not going by the book, I do it to get by for the time being...

Brakes aren’t a spot to take short cuts. Also if it got crushed once, what makes you think it won’t happen again?
For the record I’m 41. I’m building my car on a tight budget. The majority of things I buy for my car are used and I don’t replace perfectly good items for new shiny things that aren’t necessary.

 

[scoti]

I understand the concerns, but I drove it the way it was since July of last year before I came across this issue.

When daylight strikes and I'm settled, I'll take pics of the brackets and we can discuss installing them..

But if we cant for some strange reason, it was a cheap and minor repair... So if it happens again, it's cheap and easy to fix...

Brakes aren’t a spot to take short cuts. Also if it got crushed once, what makes you think it won’t happen again?
For the record I’m 41. I’m building my car on a tight budget. The majority of things I buy for my car are used and I don’t replace perfectly good items for new shiny things that aren’t necessary.

This. You can be cavalier about your safety. If you're ok w/the risk I'm good w/that if you're all alone on the streets.

Where I take issue is you can also kill someone else w/that kind of logic. You were able to stop this time. What makes you think it couldn't have gone worse just as easily??

 

[DRIVEN]

My money is on Darwin eventually fixing all these minor issues.

 

[mikester]

Comments and advice on these threads make me think of this. I dont know why.

 

[g0thiac]

My money is on Darwin eventually fixing all these minor issues.

True, however Darwinism doesn’t take into account collateral damage. You can only hope it affects the ignorant and only them.

 

[Tynan918]

 

[Tynan918]

Sway bar link nuts loose too. Tighten that up while youre down there.

How do I tighten it up ?

 

[SSMonteMan]

How do I tighten it up ?

A wrench on the bolt, a wrench on the nut. Righty tighty, lefty loosy. Tighten the bolt to the point where it just starts to compress the bushings.