Hi..

Got an '88 Suburban. Seems the driver side brake hose has gone bad and I am
trying to get it off.

There almost no space above or below the piece going into the frame to get a
wrench on it.

I then went ahead and cut the hose off to get at with a socket. Turns out
the part where you can get a tool on is metric and I stripped the nut part a
bit.

I tried Locking Pliers, but as usual, those are totally worthless and make
matters worse.

I am now vehiceless until I can fix this thing.

Thanks

That's the problem with not knowing what your doing and making the problem
worse. There was ways with the right tools and more important, Knowledge on
how to go about solving the problem. Without seeing it, and knowing what
tools you have and skill level. If it's what I think it is, they can be a
real pain to work on, especially doing it at home on the ground. They have
a cheap stamp out nut holding the brake line to the frame from the back. If
you can break that free and unscrew it off the end, you can pull the hose
end off the frame and out enough to get to the brake line that was behind
the frame to get to the hard line nut and break it loose that way to get
apart. Oh and a good pair of Vise Grips will do wonders over a cheap ass
knock-off locking pliers.



"GeekBoy" <nerd_revenge@nerdythree.net> wrote in message
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> Hi..
>
> Got an '88 Suburban. Seems the driver side brake hose has gone bad and I
> am trying to get it off.
>
> There almost no space above or below the piece going into the frame to get
> a wrench on it.
>
> I then went ahead and cut the hose off to get at with a socket. Turns out
> the part where you can get a tool on is metric and I stripped the nut part
> a bit.
>
> I tried Locking Pliers, but as usual, those are totally worthless and make
> matters worse.
>
> I am now vehiceless until I can fix this thing.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

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"JBDragon" <JBDragon@somplace.com> wrote in message
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> That's the problem with not knowing what your doing and making the problem
> worse. There was ways with the right tools and more important, Knowledge
> on how to go about solving the problem. Without seeing it, and knowing
> what tools you have and skill level. If it's what I think it is, they can
> be a real pain to work on, especially doing it at home on the ground.
> They have a cheap stamp out nut holding the brake line to the frame from
> the back. If you can break that free and unscrew it off the end, you can
> pull the hose end off the frame and out enough to get to the brake line
> that was behind the frame to get to the hard line nut and break it loose
> that way to get apart. Oh and a good pair of Vise Grips will do wonders
> over a cheap ass knock-off locking pliers.

Problem is there is no space to move a wrench on the back side.
>
>
>
> "GeekBoy" <nerd_revenge@nerdythree.net> wrote in message
> news:MvsFk.1512$hc1.1217@flpi150.ffdc.sbc.com...
>> Hi..
>>
>> Got an '88 Suburban. Seems the driver side brake hose has gone bad and I
>> am trying to get it off.
>>
>> There almost no space above or below the piece going into the frame to
>> get a wrench on it.
>>
>> I then went ahead and cut the hose off to get at with a socket. Turns out
>> the part where you can get a tool on is metric and I stripped the nut
>> part a bit.
>>
>> I tried Locking Pliers, but as usual, those are totally worthless and
>> make matters worse.
>>
>> I am now vehiceless until I can fix this thing.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>
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"GeekBoy" <nerd_revenge@nerdythree.net> wrote in message
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>
> "JBDragon" <JBDragon@somplace.com> wrote in message
> news:9b4d0$48e6f527$8998@news.teranews.com...
>> That's the problem with not knowing what your doing and making the
>> problem worse. There was ways with the right tools and more important,
>> Knowledge on how to go about solving the problem. Without seeing it, and
>> knowing what tools you have and skill level. If it's what I think it is,
>> they can be a real pain to work on, especially doing it at home on the
>> ground. They have a cheap stamp out nut holding the brake line to the
>> frame from the back. If you can break that free and unscrew it off the
>> end, you can pull the hose end off the frame and out enough to get to the
>> brake line that was behind the frame to get to the hard line nut and
>> break it loose that way to get apart. Oh and a good pair of Vise Grips
>> will do wonders over a cheap ass knock-off locking pliers.
>
> Problem is there is no space to move a wrench on the back side.

There's not a lot of room that's for sure, but it is possible with the right
tools. It also doesn't take much to break loose the large cheap nut that
holds the line to the frame on the back. You can try channel locks to
something to crack it free and then unscrew it by hand off. Then you can
Pull the Hose end out of the frame, the medal line will stretch out enough
where you can then get a wrench or a good pair of channel locks on the
fitting and bust it loose from the line on the outside of the frame where
you CAN get tools on much easier. I've gotten this type of line setup off
many, many times. It can be a pain, but it can be done. Sometimes you can
get the tools needed on the line from the inside by bending a line(s) out of
the way a bit to get the tool to fit. I normally try this way first.
Usually the passenger side is harder to do then the driver side also.

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"JBDragon" <JBDragon@somplace.com> wrote in message
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>
> "GeekBoy" <nerd_revenge@nerdythree.net> wrote in message
> news:K6aGk.2332$x%.853@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>
>> "JBDragon" <JBDragon@somplace.com> wrote in message
>> news:9b4d0$48e6f527$8998@news.teranews.com...
>>> That's the problem with not knowing what your doing and making the
>>> problem worse. There was ways with the right tools and more important,
>>> Knowledge on how to go about solving the problem. Without seeing it,
>>> and knowing what tools you have and skill level. If it's what I think
>>> it is, they can be a real pain to work on, especially doing it at home
>>> on the ground. They have a cheap stamp out nut holding the brake line to
>>> the frame from the back. If you can break that free and unscrew it off
>>> the end, you can pull the hose end off the frame and out enough to get
>>> to the brake line that was behind the frame to get to the hard line nut
>>> and break it loose that way to get apart. Oh and a good pair of Vise
>>> Grips will do wonders over a cheap ass knock-off locking pliers.
>>
>> Problem is there is no space to move a wrench on the back side.
>
> There's not a lot of room that's for sure, but it is possible with the
> right tools. It also doesn't take much to break loose the large cheap nut
> that holds the line to the frame on the back. You can try channel locks
> to something to crack it free and then unscrew it by hand off. Then you
> can Pull the Hose end out of the frame, the medal line will stretch out
> enough where you can then get a wrench or a good pair of channel locks on
> the fitting and bust it loose from the line on the outside of the frame
> where you CAN get tools on much easier. I've gotten this type of line
> setup off many, many times. It can be a pain, but it can be done.
> Sometimes you can get the tools needed on the line from the inside by
> bending a line(s) out of the way a bit to get the tool to fit. I normally
> try this way first. Usually the passenger side is harder to do then the
> driver side also.
>


Thanks for that info..I will give it a try.
You don't know where there is a picture or diagram of that?


Someone suggested I get that Sears broken bolt removal tool.




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"GeekBoy" <nerd_revenge@nerdythree.net> wrote in message
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>
> "JBDragon" <JBDragon@somplace.com> wrote in message
> news:ca797$48e949bf$25400@news.teranews.com...
>>
>> "GeekBoy" <nerd_revenge@nerdythree.net> wrote in message
>> news:K6aGk.2332$x%.853@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>>
>>> "JBDragon" <JBDragon@somplace.com> wrote in message
>>> news:9b4d0$48e6f527$8998@news.teranews.com...
>>>> That's the problem with not knowing what your doing and making the
>>>> problem worse. There was ways with the right tools and more important,
>>>> Knowledge on how to go about solving the problem. Without seeing it,
>>>> and knowing what tools you have and skill level. If it's what I think
>>>> it is, they can be a real pain to work on, especially doing it at home
>>>> on the ground. They have a cheap stamp out nut holding the brake line
>>>> to the frame from the back. If you can break that free and unscrew it
>>>> off the end, you can pull the hose end off the frame and out enough to
>>>> get to the brake line that was behind the frame to get to the hard line
>>>> nut and break it loose that way to get apart. Oh and a good pair of
>>>> Vise Grips will do wonders over a cheap ass knock-off locking pliers.
>>>
>>> Problem is there is no space to move a wrench on the back side.
>>
>> There's not a lot of room that's for sure, but it is possible with the
>> right tools. It also doesn't take much to break loose the large cheap
>> nut that holds the line to the frame on the back. You can try channel
>> locks to something to crack it free and then unscrew it by hand off.
>> Then you can Pull the Hose end out of the frame, the medal line will
>> stretch out enough where you can then get a wrench or a good pair of
>> channel locks on the fitting and bust it loose from the line on the
>> outside of the frame where you CAN get tools on much easier. I've gotten
>> this type of line setup off many, many times. It can be a pain, but it
>> can be done. Sometimes you can get the tools needed on the line from the
>> inside by bending a line(s) out of the way a bit to get the tool to fit.
>> I normally try this way first. Usually the passenger side is harder to do
>> then the driver side also.
>>
>
>
> Thanks for that info..I will give it a try.
> You don't know where there is a picture or diagram of that?
>
>
> Someone suggested I get that Sears broken bolt removal tool.


No picture off hand. A broken bolt removal tool won't do a thing for you.

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