Another few hours spent under the Vette working on replacing brake lines. Only have the line that runs from front to back to complete this job.
The 2 main challenges so far have been removing the line retaining bolts that fix the brake lines to various places along the frame and just plain bad "fit" of after market parts.
I don't know what other experiences have been with replacing the brake lines but I'd sure like to know what special tools they use to get to some of these retaining bolts. I'm wrestling with the one bolted to the frame just underneath where the driver sits. The bolt is on the topside of the frame. It looks like there is a access panel that can be removed from the inside, but you have to remove the driver seat to get to the panel. (REALLY!) So in the process of removing the seat I found out the mechanism that moves the seat forward is broke so I can't get to the rear bolts that hold the seat down. Any suggestions before I take the sawzall to it. (no worries... the seats are shot, so they're being replaced anyway.)
Oh, just curious from all those owners that have replaced their brake lines... how many of those retaining bolts did you say "I'm sure it will be fine without it" and leave one or two off?
On the fit topic... I could be wrong but maybe every Vette coming off the the assembly line is different so they just make brake line sets that are close enough... I find this hard to believe... How hard is it to make a fixture from a part that "fits" and then bend subsequent products to match? If I wanted to bend my own lines I would have bought straight tubing. I'm beginning to think if the part quality from the major Vette part suppliers is going to be as suspect as what I've encountered with this brake job, then you're no worse off getting your parts from your local autoparts stores(AutoZone, PepBoys, etc).
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1980 Daytona Wide Body - work in progress