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So who has some tips to get this loose?



These things have a 10mm wrench, but they are so stuck that the wrench slips over it and rounds the edges.

sounds like you need a brake line spanner http://www.esska-tech.co.uk/esska_eng_s ... ranke.html

At this point It looks like you need a pair of vicegrips...

Josh wrote:At this point It looks like you need a pair of vicegrips...

+1
That's what i did with the bleeder screws, just put on some vicegrips so tight that you pretty much need to do it with pliers just to get the vice grip on.

What is a brake line spanner? How is it different from a regular wrench?

Has only one open end

Called a flare nut wrench here.

Heating the distribution block that they are screwed into will help.

Ah you English and your funny.. English.


Disclaimer:
Those of you not in England, I apologize if the reference offends you. But the linguistic joke doesn't work with the word Brits, or United Kingdomers, err whatever.

Are you asking about the brake lines themselves, or where they mount to the subframe?

If it's the subframe, grind the edges super flat and use an adjustable crescent style wrench to hurk it off.

MrMazda92 wrote:Are you asking about the brake lines themselves, or where they mount to the subframe?

If it's the subframe, grind the edges super flat and use an adjustable crescent style wrench to hurk it off.

he's talking about the brake lines themselves, if you look at his picture the threads on the brake lines are stripped.

Should've tried soaking them with penetrating fluid like PB Blaster or WD40

In that case...

Torch + Vicegrip pliers. Replace with factory hardware from a different car, use anti-seize in the future...

With some vice grips I've got them loose.
Don't know how to reapply them because it got stripped.

WhiteFinish wrote:With some vice grips I've got them loose.
Don't know how to reapply them because it got stripped.

With vice grips

Hahaha...
I mean, it isn't possible to change the stripped part ?