2008 Cadillac XLR Brake Hose

You should install the brake hose and the brake caliper inlet fitting bolt to the brake caliper, the brake hose to the hose bracket, and the retainer onto the brake hose fitting at the bracket, remove the rubber cap or plug from the exposed brake pipe fitting end, and install the tire and wheel assembly.

You should remove the rear tire and wheel assembly, the brake hose retainer from the brake hose at the hose bracket, the brake hose from the bracket, the brake caliper inlet fitting bolt from the caliper, the brake hose from the brake caliper, and the two copper brake hose gaskets.

The recommended torque is 45 N.m (33 lb-ft).

You should measure the length of the pipe to be replaced including all pipe bends by a string or wire, add to the measurement taken the appropriate additional length required for each flare to be created, cut the brake pipe squarely to the measured length, remove the sectioned brake pipe from the vehicle, chamfer the inside and outside diameter of the pipe with the de-burring tool included in the J 45405, install the tube nuts on the brake pipe, noting their orientation, insert the prepared end of the pipe to be flared through the back of the dies until the pipe is seated against the flat surface of the unused die, remove the unused die, insert the finishing cone into the forming ram, remove the dies and pipe and bleed the hydraulic brake system.