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2002 Focus 1.6L- Advanced corrosion on brake lines

  • 22-02-2016 9:51am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi folks,

    I have not got under the car yet but just curious if anyone can tell me if the metal brake lines run the length of the car or is there a joint somewhere underneath which would allow me to change just the section nearest the offending wheels. I know there is a flexible hose which runs from the rear drums to a connection to the offending section of the metal lines. These flexi hoses are OK and do not need to be changed. The local motor factors makes them up in house so sourcing the parts is no problem. Ford dont even sell the replacements; you need to buy the pipes and attach the fittings yourself with necessary kit (which I don't have so motor factors is the obvious choice)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    I dont know where they join any ive done i put my own joiner in but its a horrible job if i remember rightly you have to drop rear subframe and fuel tank.
    There is metal brake pipes going into the wheel cylinder after the flexi pipes bit of luck it might be only them they do rust a lot.

    I have cleaned those pipes off and treated them with kurust in the past and they passed the test no bother might be worth a go.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    If the lines are badly corroded they should be changed. The last thing you want is a leak. Bodging a repair to get through an nct wouldn't even enter my mind...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    Hal1 wrote:
    If the lines are badly corroded they should be changed. The last thing you want is a leak. Bodging a repair to get through an nct wouldn't even enter my mind...

    Nobody is "bodging a repair" if the repair is not right it wont pass a retest.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    Nobody is "bodging a repair" if the repair is not right it wont pass a retest.
    I heard that of late they are much tighter on the 'clean it down and schultz' fix. Will definitely be looking towards this as an option if condition is not too bad. It seems to be a right little earner for the test centres over the last few years. I've never heard of anyone that has suffered a burst line either.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    I dont know where they join any ive done i put my own joiner in but its a horrible job if i remember rightly you have to drop rear subframe and fuel tank.
    There is metal brake pipes going into the wheel cylinder after the flexi pipes bit of luck it might be only them they do rust a lot.

    I have cleaned those pipes off and treated them with kurust in the past and they passed the test no bother might be worth a go.
    Thats exactly where the issue is; just after the flexi hose. So you think there is an accessible joint close by ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    dodzy wrote:
    I heard that of late they are much tighter on the 'clean it down and schultz' fix. Will definitely be looking towards this as an option if condition is not too bad. It seems to be a right little earner for the test centres over the last few years. I've never heard of anyone that has suffered a burst line either.


    Im not on about schutz thats only covering up the problem.

    Kurust is a rust converter if its only surface rust it will stabalize it and then after its tested you can paint them and stop them rusting again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    dodzy wrote:
    Thats exactly where the issue is; just after the flexi hose. So you think there is an accessible joint close by ?


    It screws into the flexi then into the wheel cylinder those pipes are only about 8 inches long they are easy to replace if its the ones before the flexis that is a whole different story.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭✭dodzy


    It screws into the flexi then into the wheel cylinder those pipes are only about 8 inches long they are easy to replace if its the ones before the flexis that is a whole different story.
    Yeah, I gotcha. Cheers. I'll get it up on the ramps tomorrow and hope to god its the hub side.


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