Re: TOY: Birfield Joint or Hub

[Luke P Miller <umilll02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Scott Muir wrote:
> . you pretty much have to disconnect the brake hoses.  You can cheat a
> little if you do the tear-down since the brake hose can support the weight
> of the caliper and the backing plate, but I wouldn't hang the whole assy off
> it. so you're in for a brake bleed.

This might prove a useful tip for someone:

Rather than disconnecting the brake line every time you need to pull the
knuckle or caliper etc, you can cut a notch in the sheetmetal bracket that
the soft/hard line junction passes through on the knuckle. Just cut it
wide enough to slip the hard line through after you remove the u-shaped
clip. With this done you can unbolt the caliper, slip the hard line out of
the bracket (instead of having to disconnect the lines) and hang the
caliper from something. I haven't had to break open my front brake lines
in years by doing this little trick. 

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