Re: Cost of brake line???

Jul 09, 2003 3 Replies

I'd guess shop rate for labor, and whatever the brake line is for parts.



I looked at my 97 SL2 subscription to

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and there wasn't any useful information on the brake lines.



No Saturn part numbers, nuthin'



Did lubing the poly bushing fix the squeaking?



(Radio Shack sells teflon grease - that might be useful for this.)



...in the process of removing the brackets that hold bushing for the rear
> sway bar on my 97sl2 (so I could lube the poly bushing to stop the maddening
> squeaking), I noticed the non-flexible brake line is pretty mangled and goes
> over and under the sway bar and actually rests on it at one spot. I'm
> guessing this is not good.
>
> Anyone have a ballpark cost on replacing it???
>
>

...update - they (my dealer) doesn't have pre-bent lines. They cut, flare, bend a piece into where ever needs replacing. I'm going to check around...

I've always bought lengths of brake line with nuts that I could bend into a reasonable facsimile of the original. They may have told you they flared the line, but I'll bet they double flare them. Here's a link that I found about how to do them.

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Good Luck & Best Wishes,

Ken

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...thanks Ken - I'm going to check the link out too.

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