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Brake Pipe replacement

Robin

Robin

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Has anyone fitted a completely new set of hard brake pipes to a 1983 N/A 2.0L 924 ?
The routing of them looks like they may be difficult to access (surprise surprise)
The replacement pipes will be from Automec and will be copper, as I have used before.
Any thoughts would be welcome.
 
I posted on the forum sometime back,Robin when I replaced the 2 front pipes & the front to rear pipe that passes over the torque tube using copper on my friends 1976/7 924 using 2 tools we made to assist "forming" the bends over the torque tube.
We had the pipes made up using the old removed pipes & then bent them using the old pipes as a guide where we could .
The rear one could only be initially bent at the 90 deg bend taking it from right to left just before the rear axle ( apart from the front section) then we manipulated it around the torque tube having strongly secured a length of solid nylon cord to the end with tape so that Mike could pull appropriately as I pushed /manipulated it using the 2 tools over the torque tube.
Placed car as high as we could get it on axle stands allowing me to lie on my back underneath that area.
 
Thanks Colin,that is helpful. The pipes over the torque tube look to be awkward.
I like the idea of using the old pipes to get the shape of the bends for the new pipes.
I shall be on axle stands so similar to what you have described.
I get the new straight pipes with fittings tomorrow.
 
I'll see if Mike still has the 2 tools I drew up for him to fashion them from hard wood,IIRC & let you have a pic of them (pm me with your email address.
I think we had to cut the existing pipe at the left hand connection at the rear because it wouldn't undo without twisting the whole pipe in that area out of recognition.
Then once we had the general shape over the torque tube,I connected it up to the fitting & finally completed manipulating the section upto & over the torque tube from both sides having clipped the the front to back section back into the floor clips beforehand.
IIRC,1 tool was rounded & grooved piece of wood approx 300mm long to fit the copper pipe which I could push along the pipe ,hold the RHS section after the 90 deg bend to help form the loop.The important part was having the pipe held against my efforts by Mike pulling on the nylon cord as necessary .
Wish we could have videoed it [:mad:].
In fact it didn't take us that long -possibly 3/4 hr max to get it in shape around the TT.Don't mention the swearing mind you!:ROFLMAO:
 
The 2nd tool is a medium length screwdriver with a square hook bracket securely fastened to its tip used to hook over the Cu pipe to hold it against the 1st tool as you carefully bend it around the wooden shape.mike has located this & is looking for the other,both of which I can send jpegs of when together.
Cheers

Colin.
 
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