pocket rocket
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 02:13 PM |
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brake lines and olives... help
Hi guys,
i need to take the fittings off a length of braided line and put them on a slightly longer length (measure twice cut once!)
i know i need to replace the copper olives for new ones when i do this but the problem at the mo is that i can't get the dam things off the end
of the line! i didn't put them together so im a bit lost... how is the best way to get them off AND whats the best way to put them back together
on the new line. any help please 
many thanks.
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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r1_pete
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 02:30 PM |
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They will have crushed the pipes slightly when tightened up, so you really cant use new olives in the same place, best way is to cut the pipe off just
behind the olive.
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 02:44 PM |
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are you sure you have the re-usable type (illegal for SVA) not the crimped ones
tony
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blakep82
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 02:47 PM |
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^ as far as i know, they're not 'illegal' for sva, but some testers don't like them, so beware if you use them
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pocket rocket
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 03:01 PM |
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iv already had braided lines made up for the whole car... and as far as i can tell they are all re-usable type fittings. (i think... how do you
tell?)
Iv been in touch with RD and they don't even do the type of fitting i need in swage-on, only re-usable.
I really don't want to start again on my lines... i don't think i could take it!!! 
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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mackei23b
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 03:16 PM |
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Mine went through the SVA OK with the re-usable fittings.
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pocket rocket
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 03:19 PM |
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good to know mackei... im now alittle less stressed.
so how do i get these dam fittings off, iv got it down to just the single threaded fitting and olive on the end of the line but i can't seem to
get it off...how do i do it, do i just pull it off? (harder than i am doing?)
And i thought doing the brakes would be fun 
Dam...iv consused my ability with my intentions!
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 03:50 PM |
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pull it hard AND straight. the hose usually goes over a barbed tube.
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James
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 04:51 PM |
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Obviously you'll need to replace the olive but what about cutting it carefully with a Dremel?
Cheers,
James
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 14/4/09 at 06:00 PM |
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If you still have problems go and see Brian or Phil at CFE in Milton
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