Re: TOY: Birfield Joint or Hub

["Dale Sinkey" <dps444@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just cut off the backing plates along with the brake line mounts!! He he

SeaBass/Darren 82 Toyota, 117.1 Slo-Motion
Dual box, 38.5x16 TSL's warn winch, 5.71's
Lockrights, http://www.traildogg.homepage.com/profile.html
Oroville,Ca!!!!Where is that???
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luke P Miller" <umilll02@umail.ucsb.edu>
To: <toyota@4x4wire.com>
Cc: <MPayne1@allstate.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: TOY: Birfield Joint or Hub


> 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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