Brake Hose/Line: Service and Repair

REMOVAL

CAUTION: MAKE SURE VEHICLE IS PROPERLY SUPPORTED AND SQUARELY POSITIONED ON HOIST.





1. Raise vehicle on hoist.
2. Remove wheel and tire assembly.
3. Disconnect brake hose from caliper. Plug opening in caliper to avoid fluid loss and contamination.





4. Disconnect brake hose from brake pipe. Plug opening in brake pipe to avoid fluid loss and contamination.

INSTALLATION
1. Install brake hose-to-brake pipe.
Torque: 18 Nm (13 ft. lbs.)
2. Install brake hose to caliper. When installing to a caliper, use new washers.
Torque: 40 Nm (30 ft. lbs.)
3. Bleed brakes.

NOTICE: Before installing wheels, remove rust or corrosion from wheel mounting surfaces and brake rotors/drums. Failure to do so can cause wheel bolts to loosen in service.

4. Position wheel onto hub.
5. Install wheel bolts and tighten in a crisscross pattern. Repeat tightening pattern to be sure torque is correct.

Torque: 125 Nm (92 ft. lbs.)
6. Lower vehicle from hoist.

PROPORTIONING VALVE
REMOVAL

NOTICE: After removing brake pipe nuts, do not excessively pull or bend brake pipes away from proportioning valve.

NOTICE: Plug open brake pipes to prevent brake fluid loss and contamination.





1. Remove brake pipes from proportioning valve assembly.
2. Remove proportioning valve from vehicle.

INSTALLATION
1. Position valve into vehicle and tighten brake pipe nuts.
Torque: 16 Nm (12 ft. lbs.)
2. Fill brake fluid reservoir with clean brake fluid up to "MAX" mark on reservoir.
3. Bleed brakes.