2. Replacement steel and flexible brake lines can always be purchased at the service center of the car manufacturer, as well as in branded car accessories stores.
Attention! In no case should you use any tubes as replacements, except for branded ones specially designed for installation in the brake circuit of your car.
3. When installing brake lines, ensure that they are located at least 20 mm away from moving or vibrating body components, suspension or steering gear.
4a. To loosen the fitting connections of flexible hoses with steel pipes of hydraulic lines, use special ring wrenches with a split head (see accompanying illustration).
4b. After releasing the nut, remove the retainer and release the brake hose from the support bracket (see accompanying illustration).
5. Disconnecting the two hoses is done using conventional open end wrenches. When joining the units, make sure that the hoses are not twisted.
6. Rigid hydraulic lines are usually fixed along their entire length in special clamps. When removing the line, make sure that it is released from all clamps.
7. When replacing brake lines, make sure that the replacement components exactly match the size and type characteristics of the old sections removed from the car. Never replace steel pipes with copper ones!
8. When installing steel pipes, make sure that they are securely fixed in all provided brackets, clamps and clamps. Do not run pipes too close to moving suspension and steering components.
9. Finish installing new sections of hydraulic lines, check the fluid level in the GTZ reservoir. Make appropriate adjustments if necessary. Bleed the brake system (see Bleeding the brake system).
10. Before starting the operation of the car, make sure that the brakes are working properly.