Is there a brake hose to calliper fitting?

macafee2 · 24th April 2020, 16:25

One of the rear calliper securing bolts is "hidden" behind the hydraulic brake hose, making the use of a socket very difficult unless your socket is very shallow and mine are not shallow enough.
Is there a brake hose to calliper fitting that would take the hose away from the bolt head? I'd want to be able to fit the brake hose into it.

macafee2

Number 6 · 24th April 2020, 17:58

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Originally Posted by macafee2

One of the rear calliper securing bolts is "hidden" behind the hydraulic brake hose, making the use of a socket very difficult unless your socket is very shallow and mine are not shallow enough.
Is there a brake hose to calliper fitting that would take the hose away from the bolt head? I'd want to be able to fit the brake hose into it.

macafee2

Not sure why you are having a problem, I can easily fit a standard socket onto both caliper bolts with no interference from the brake hose. Have you tried a ring spanner?

clf · 24th April 2020, 18:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by macafee2

One of the rear calliper securing bolts is "hidden" behind the hydraulic brake hose, making the use of a socket very difficult unless your socket is very shallow and mine are not shallow enough.
Is there a brake hose to calliper fitting that would take the hose away from the bolt head? I'd want to be able to fit the brake hose into it.

macafee2

Have you removed the caliper from its mount (undo the slider pins with a 7mm allen key) ? Then you can tie the caliper back to remove the bracket (two 13 or 14 mm bolts if I recall)

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COLVERT · 24th April 2020, 18:52

I changed both rear discs for my MOT 6 weeks ago. Everything was easy to get at. ( Had, of course, to remove the calipers. )

Something odd about yours . ---

macafee2 · 24th April 2020, 21:24

the calliper is still mounted and yes I resorted to a ring spanner but a socket is much easier. I can get to the top bolt but not the bottom.

Have a look at this picture, it is the offside calliper

macafee2

clf · 24th April 2020, 21:29

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Originally Posted by macafee2

the calliper is still mounted and yes I resorted to a ring spanner but a socket is much easier. I can get to the top bolt but not the bottom.

Have a look at this picture, it is the offside calliper

macafee2

remove the caliper first. (7mm allen bolts behind the circled areas - if you were not aware, even just one, will allow you to rotate the caliper out of the way, but there will then be more weight to hold up with the bracket as well)

sewerman · 25th April 2020, 06:14

May be wrong but that doesn't look like a standard caliper? My brake hose feeds in at the top.

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RoverP480 · 25th April 2020, 07:32

macafee2, The calliper comes off by detaching the slider pins . The bolts you refer are the fixings for the calliper carrier and are easily accessible having removed or swung the carrier out of the way as mentioned in a previous post.

Number 6 · 25th April 2020, 07:53

Can I ask why you need to remove the bracket? It is much simpler to remove just the caliper from the bracket.

Then if you do need to remove the bracket then access will much easier

macafee2 · 25th April 2020, 08:32

Guys your replies have me stumped. Removing the bolts I refer to is the way I have always done it.
Did not know by removing one slider I could swing the unit out of the way.
I'm going to go and get dressed, go to the garage and check, watch this space.

I need to lower the trailing arm to refit and torque the toe in brackets and I think the brake hose is to short to lower far enough for the wife and I to do the tow in bracket

macafee2

24th April 2020, 16:25	#1
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,963 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	Is there a brake hose to calliper fitting? One of the rear calliper securing bolts is "hidden" behind the hydraulic brake hose, making the use of a socket very difficult unless your socket is very shallow and mine are not shallow enough. Is there a brake hose to calliper fitting that would take the hose away from the bolt head? I'd want to be able to fit the brake hose into it. macafee2

25th April 2020, 07:53	#9
Number 6 This is my second home Rover 75 tourer Club CD/Limo Tints Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Meneac Posts: 6,759 Thanks: 5,007 Thanked 1,609 Times in 869 Posts	Can I ask why you need to remove the bracket? It is much simpler to remove just the caliper from the bracket. Then if you do need to remove the bracket then access will much easier __________________ ] "I started out with nothing, and Ive still got most of it left!"

24th April 2020, 18:52	#4
COLVERT This is my second home R75 Saloon. Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: France/or Devon. Posts: 14,003 Thanks: 3,851 Thanked 2,167 Times in 1,816 Posts	I changed both rear discs for my MOT 6 weeks ago. Everything was easy to get at. ( Had, of course, to remove the calipers. ) Something odd about yours . ---

25th April 2020, 06:14	#7
sewerman Gets stuck in MG ZT+ CDTi Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 633 Thanks: 166 Thanked 264 Times in 154 Posts	May be wrong but that doesn't look like a standard caliper? My brake hose feeds in at the top. Sent from my SM-G977B using Tapatalk

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RoverP480 Gets stuck in None at the moment Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Hereford Posts: 501 Thanks: 1 Thanked 165 Times in 146 Posts	macafee2, The calliper comes off by detaching the slider pins . The bolts you refer are the fixings for the calliper carrier and are easily accessible having removed or swung the carrier out of the way as mentioned in a previous post.

25th April 2020, 08:32	#10
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,963 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	Guys your replies have me stumped. Removing the bolts I refer to is the way I have always done it. Did not know by removing one slider I could swing the unit out of the way. I'm going to go and get dressed, go to the garage and check, watch this space. I need to lower the trailing arm to refit and torque the toe in brackets and I think the brake hose is to short to lower far enough for the wife and I to do the tow in bracket macafee2