How to REPLACE BRAKE LINES with STAINLESS STEEL on a Porsche Boxster (Project 54)

[@TheScotsmanTechReview]

Your channel has saved me a fortune. Not this video specifically, but man, thank you so much

[@HelpMeDIY]

+The Scotsman Technology Reviews love to hear it!! Coincidentally KZbin just TODAY enabled the Super Thanks feature… I need someone to hit that Thanks button and test it out 😉🍻

[@TheScotsmanTechReview]

@@HelpMeDIY lets have a look 👍

[@HelpMeDIY]

@@TheScotsmanTechReview let me know what you find! I’m curious about the experience and how exactly it works

[@ralphsantaana7303]

Thanks so much as always!!! Was working on my parking brakes , moved the calipers then my hard line just snapped. Most likely moving back and forth did it🤦‍♂️. Glad I can watch your repairs/replacements. Please keep posting very informative vlogs

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Ralph Santa Ana you’re welcome, glad to help!

[@steved0x]

Here's a trick, if you put something like a jack stand so it lightly presses the brake pedal, it closes off a valve in the master cylinder (or something) and greatly minimizes the amount of drip you get when changing the brake lines.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+steved0x nice tip 👍

[@TheScotsmanTechReview]

Thanks

[@HelpMeDIY]

+The Scotsman Technology Reviews 🍻

[@mavrik11964]

If you put a tripled sheet of cling film on the MC & secure with the screw lid it stops the fluid pissing out ;-) ... You can also use the rubber bleed nipple on the hardline flare...

[@grantgrant77]

Did you use any crush washers? I’m asking cos my lines did not come with them, but the instructions on the box says to use them.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Mr G I don’t remember using any, but I showed exactly what I did in this video so feel free to go back and watch again to confirm.

[@mavrik11964]

Just trying to fit SS lines to my '06 Cayman & the 10mm hardline nut on mine is seized solid... Rounded off the fookin flats too trying all sorts to get it to free up! :-/

[@HelpMeDIY]

+mavrik11964 yes, those are a true PITA!

[@mavrik11964]

@@HelpMeDIY Looks like I'll have to buy new caliper hardlines to fit my SS flexible lines :-(

[@HelpMeDIY]

mavrik11964 yeah, I had to buy a couple too

[@mavrik11964]

@@HelpMeDIY I've now bought my own kit so I can make my own hardlines... The prices for pre-made caliper to flexi-hose hardlines in the UK is ridiculous ;-)

[@tcb746]

do feel much of a difference now they are changed over?

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Tom Baverstock no, since I haven’t tracked the car. That’s when you would feel it... with prolonged hard breaking the line won’t expand at all to feel soft or even break if it wears out.

[@tcb746]

@@HelpMeDIY yeah I'm swapping out pads and fluid after my track day at Anglesey last week. OEM was fine until the weather improved and things got hot. Going for Ferodo DS2500 pads, Castrol SRF fluid and SS hoses. Only options after that is fitting big brake kits which gets expensive : /

[@HelpMeDIY]

@@tcb746 Yeah I'm trying to work something out with ECS Tuning to get a BBK...

[@richardlopez8728]

Great video. Just looks like a staight forward job made difficult

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Richard Lopez thanks 😊

[@meirschwartz8554]

Looks like you didn’t really needed to disconnect the hard line from the caliper .

[@HelpMeDIY]

They were disconnected because I had just finished painting the calipers

[@meirschwartz8554]

@@HelpMeDIY just to let you know, you just cost me $150. :) i just finished installing new pads and rotors on my 996. i will wait for the new lines i've just ordered before i proceed with the bleeding. we don't have much to do anyways. thanks for the great video. i love it when people show their "mistakes" or "failures", so other can learn from it (unlike some youtubers that makes everything look like its a walk in the park). i also ordered a high quality 10mm flare wrench.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+Meir Schwartz haha you’re welcome 😊

[@aapelnaut]

Your brake cooling works opposite.

[@HelpMeDIY]

+@aapelnaut what?