Rear brake lines broke!! Help!

[BrianDye]

I drove to my dads house, first real far drive since I bought my ex, its about 62 miles, driving there was fine, and great, we replaced my catbacks, and WOW amazing improvement, so pulling out of his neighborhood, i hit the brakes, stopped just fine, then my pedal JERKED to the floor, so i turned around went back to his house, pedal to the floor it was barely slowing down.

So long story short, we looked, and the rear right brake line was totally corroded, well they both were, but the right side had a teeny-tiny hole.

It was too late/dark todo anything, so he drove me and my girlfriend home, and my x is still up there, I have MINIMAL money, im only 16, what should we do? Murrays didnt have the line in stock, well the pre-bent line, but they do have it, then we'll have to bleed the brakes, he said the bleeding screw is gonna be impossible to turn so we'll have to get those, and then brake fluid.

What would you guys reccomend?
Hes gonna attempt to just get the line, screws, and fluid and just bend them and all that himself

 

[marragtop]

Squirt the bleeder screws and all line fittings with PB BLaster and let it soak for a couple of hours before trying to crack them loose. You will not find pre-bent lines anywhere. Just get the straight lines that already have the fittings installed on each end, and bend them yourself. Be careful not to crimp the line. Since it's the rear brakes that you are working on, I suggest replacing both lines (left and right) that run along the axel. Hopefully, you will be able to get the bleeder screws opened. If not, you can try bleeding the line where it goes into the wheel cylinder.

Also, and easy way to get the old line connector to the wheel cylinder loose is to cut the line at the head of the screw with side cutters and then use a 6 point deep socket on the fitting. This gives you better bite on it than a line or open end wrench.