06-02-2014, 01:27 PM
So I went to change my oil yesterday to get ready for Hyperfest and while I was under there I discovered a scary looking crack in my front passenger brake line.
![[Image: R9qbCnL.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/R9qbCnL.jpg)
I sent the photo to Dr. DJ for a prognosis and he confirmed that it would, in fact, be a pretty bad idea to track the car like that, but he had a set of used stainless lines (complete with bawlin' blue sleeving) he could sell me.
I went over there after the oil change and Jake and I breezed through swapping 3 out of the 4 lines, then spent about the same amount of time banging our heads against the wall with the right rear that was seized up beyond belief and a fussy power bleeder. So we just did the 3 and finished bleeding it.
I was planning on getting it into my shop to cut the flares off the hard line and put new nuts on it but my mechanical god is out of the shop all week at 2 different races. Instead of dicking around trying to borrow a flare tool and finding new inverse flare nuts I just went up to the BMW dealership and ordered a new hard line so I can just pop it on.
At least we got 3 out of 4 on there.
![[Image: 4SUCp6Y.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/4SUCp6Y.jpg)
The MSRP at Sterling was $30 and the guy knocked it down to $13 for me, which I didn't know Sterling BMW was capable of doing. They also sold me an oil filter kit for $17 last week and they used to charge like $28. If BMW dealerships are being reasonable companies to do business with now I don't even know what's real anymore.
hock:
Anyway, the part should be here tomorrow or Wednesday. I'll pop it on and sucker someone into coming over and helping me bleed that corner, give the car a good nut and bolt inspection, check the tire pressure and we're hyperfest bound!
Oh, and even with just 3 out of 4 stainless lines and some brand new fluid in there, the improvement of the pedal feel is amazing. It wasn't *bad* before, it would still haul the car down in a jiffy, but the pedal is so firm now it almost feels telepathic. A good prod at the pedal will bark the front tires and just about rip your face off, but it doesn't feel *too* touchy either.
I sent the photo to Dr. DJ for a prognosis and he confirmed that it would, in fact, be a pretty bad idea to track the car like that, but he had a set of used stainless lines (complete with bawlin' blue sleeving) he could sell me.
I went over there after the oil change and Jake and I breezed through swapping 3 out of the 4 lines, then spent about the same amount of time banging our heads against the wall with the right rear that was seized up beyond belief and a fussy power bleeder. So we just did the 3 and finished bleeding it.
I was planning on getting it into my shop to cut the flares off the hard line and put new nuts on it but my mechanical god is out of the shop all week at 2 different races. Instead of dicking around trying to borrow a flare tool and finding new inverse flare nuts I just went up to the BMW dealership and ordered a new hard line so I can just pop it on.
At least we got 3 out of 4 on there.
The MSRP at Sterling was $30 and the guy knocked it down to $13 for me, which I didn't know Sterling BMW was capable of doing. They also sold me an oil filter kit for $17 last week and they used to charge like $28. If BMW dealerships are being reasonable companies to do business with now I don't even know what's real anymore.
hock: Anyway, the part should be here tomorrow or Wednesday. I'll pop it on and sucker someone into coming over and helping me bleed that corner, give the car a good nut and bolt inspection, check the tire pressure and we're hyperfest bound!
Oh, and even with just 3 out of 4 stainless lines and some brand new fluid in there, the improvement of the pedal feel is amazing. It wasn't *bad* before, it would still haul the car down in a jiffy, but the pedal is so firm now it almost feels telepathic. A good prod at the pedal will bark the front tires and just about rip your face off, but it doesn't feel *too* touchy either.
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S