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gretsch-drummer

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Right, been wanting to rebuild beam so I've attempted to undo the unions under the boot floor. 1 of them came undone nice and easy, the other is a t**t. My flare spanner just isn't getting a good grip on the union so I think I'm going to leave it alone.

Is my next plan to try undo the Load Comp unit and brake lines from the calipers and just leave it attached to the car?

Reeeeaaaallly don't want to destroy/snap the union on the brake pipe that runs from the front of the car....

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Posted 26th Dec 2013 at 15:24
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jord294

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Decent quality vice grips and a gentle back and too motion is the answer.

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Posted 26th Dec 2013 at 15:27
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armzsc6

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Quite easy to take an axle off leaving the brake lines complete did it twice the other day however its a little more tricky with a compensator. More of a 2 person job to lift the axle out the way and a pain to line up the front 4 bolts that hold the mounts to the axle. But you can just undo those 4 and leave the rest of it and the mounts on the car.

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Posted 26th Dec 2013 at 23:39
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Copious quantities of plus gas and good fitting tools.

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Posted 27th Dec 2013 at 08:00
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tvrfan007 wrote:
Copious quantities of plus gas and good fitting tools.


This^^

Try soaking it in something like GT85, giving a few sprays per day. After 3 or 4 days it should be workable on. Smile

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Posted 27th Dec 2013 at 10:00
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gretsch-drummer

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Bought the spanners from Halfords yesterday. Think the fitting has been rusting a bit so one side has corroded thuuuusss the spanner not getting a perfect grip all the way round.

So will try as you lot say: drowning it in dismantling stray for a couple more days.

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Posted 27th Dec 2013 at 10:35
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jord294

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Having done a fair amount of axle removing and refitting. Just try what I said earlier.

Obviously if I have a customers car here, I can't wait a couple of days for penetrating fluid to work

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Posted 27th Dec 2013 at 14:49
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jamiek_uk2000

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Mini stillsons are the best for this, I got a 6" set and it has been an essential tool for rusty bolt removal

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Posted 27th Dec 2013 at 15:49
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gretsch-drummer

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Cheers Jord and jamie, I'll be giving it another bash tmorrow so will crack the vise grips out (don't own a set of stillsons).

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Posted 27th Dec 2013 at 20:26
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gretsch-drummer

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Success! Trusty mole grips on the male end and 16mm spanner on female end she cracked straight off.

Now I need to find 2 female unions so I can blank the pipes off.

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Posted 28th Dec 2013 at 13:18
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Excellent - glad you got it sorted! Thumbs up

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Posted 28th Dec 2013 at 17:36
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