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NCT fail advanced corrosion nearside rear brake line

BlakeS94 · 2021-04-24 08:24:15

Car had the NCT last night, failed on the rear nearside brake line being corroded. I had a quick look at the NCT centre but to me it just looks like surface rust. I may be wrong, I'm going to try clean it up with some penetrating fluid and a wire brush, anyone had success just cleaning them and getting to pass, if it looks…

24-04-2021 8:24am

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Car had the NCT last night, failed on the rear nearside brake line being corroded. I had a quick look at the NCT centre but to me it just looks like surface rust. I may be wrong, I'm going to try clean it up with some penetrating fluid and a wire brush, anyone had success just cleaning them and getting to pass, if it looks alright after I work on it I'll put some rust protection. I'll upload a photo when I can, the offside looks similar but that didn't fail, and the rear brake imbalance was 3% so way off the 30% and above for a fail.

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#2 24-04-2021 8:35am

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Heres the failed side

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#3 24-04-2021 8:40am

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Yeah, give it a go with a wire brush.
Worst case, buy new ones.

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#4 24-04-2021 10:29am

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biko wrote: »

Yeah, give it a go with a wire brush.
Worst case, buy new ones.

Yeah no joy, upon closer inspection there's some flaking, no lines it is

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