bypassing rear brakes

A rear brake line blew on my 91 Toyota Corolla the other day due to
corosion, and rather than replace it, which would be tricky and
expensive due to the amount of corrosion and access to parts, I was
thinking of just crimping the rear brake hoses, making the rear brakes
inoperative but stoppping the leak. I only plan on keeping this car for
a year at most, and can't justify the expense of refitting it with new
lines etc. would doing this cause any major problems with the front
brakes? would they be extremely grabby?

Thanks for any help'

Tyson

Big T wrote:
> would doing this cause any major problems with the front brakes?

yeah, they'll be real screwed up after you slide into the first
unexpected heavy, immobile, inelastic object.

Matthew

Big T > wrote in article
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> A rear brake line blew on my 91 Toyota Corolla the other day due to
> corosion, and rather than replace it, which would be tricky and
> expensive due to the amount of corrosion and access to parts, I was
> thinking of just crimping the rear brake hoses, making the rear brakes
> inoperative but stoppping the leak. I only plan on keeping this car for
> a year at most, and can't justify the expense of refitting it with new
> lines etc. would doing this cause any major problems with the front
> brakes? would they be extremely grabby?
>
> Thanks for any help'
>
> Tyson
>
>


You ARE joking.....RIGHT???

The cost of fixing the car properly pales in comparison to the potential
cost of driving a car with inadequate brakes........

Is this some sort of troll????

Yeah get it inspected in NYS and have it impounded!
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> Big T > wrote in article
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>> A rear brake line blew on my 91 Toyota Corolla the other day due to
>> corosion, and rather than replace it, which would be tricky and
>> expensive due to the amount of corrosion and access to parts, I was
>> thinking of just crimping the rear brake hoses, making the rear brakes
>> inoperative but stoppping the leak. I only plan on keeping this car for
>> a year at most, and can't justify the expense of refitting it with new
>> lines etc. would doing this cause any major problems with the front
>> brakes? would they be extremely grabby?
>>
>> Thanks for any help'
>>
>> Tyson
>>
>>
>
>
> You ARE joking.....RIGHT???
>
> The cost of fixing the car properly pales in comparison to the potential
> cost of driving a car with inadequate brakes........
>
> Is this some sort of troll????
>
>



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On 16 Oct 2006 14:15:47 -0700, Big T > wrote:


>A rear brake line blew on my 91 Toyota Corolla the other day due to
>corosion, and rather than replace it, which would be tricky and
>expensive due to the amount of corrosion and access to parts, I was
>thinking of just crimping the rear brake hoses, making the rear brakes
>inoperative but stoppping the leak. I only plan on keeping this car for
>a year at most, and can't justify the expense of refitting it with new
>lines etc. would doing this cause any major problems with the front
>brakes? would they be extremely grabby?

>Thanks for any help'

It won't cause any problem that getting twenty years in jail and dying
there won't cure.

Don't forget to get the big sign saying '**** YOU! NO BRAKES AND I DON'T CARE!"
Maybe you'll make it a few extra months before you get somebody killed.

I think the general consensus is, it's extremely unsafe and unadvisable. If
the lines are in that bad of shape, the systems literally falling apart. Any
professional (mechanic, cop, etc.) wouldn't allow you to drive the vehicle
with brakes being tampered/disabled and if someone else had a wreck with the
car, you'd at least have a major lawsuit if not criminal charges. I really
appreciate your desire just to "get by for a while". Believe me, I've had my
share of gasoline fires involving propane torches or Styrofoam of some
sort But you won't care if it goes if it stop.

Jim

"Big T" > wrote in message
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>A rear brake line blew on my 91 Toyota Corolla the other day due to
> corosion, and rather than replace it, which would be tricky and
> expensive due to the amount of corrosion and access to parts, I was
> thinking of just crimping the rear brake hoses, making the rear brakes
> inoperative but stoppping the leak. I only plan on keeping this car for
> a year at most, and can't justify the expense of refitting it with new
> lines etc. would doing this cause any major problems with the front
> brakes? would they be extremely grabby?
>
> Thanks for any help'
>
> Tyson
>

"Big T" > wrote in news:1161033347.307771.242120
@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> A rear brake line blew on my 91 Toyota Corolla the other day due to
> corosion, and rather than replace it, which would be tricky and
> expensive due to the amount of corrosion and access to parts, I was
> thinking of just crimping the rear brake hoses, making the rear brakes
> inoperative but stoppping the leak. I only plan on keeping this car for
> a year at most, and can't justify the expense of refitting it with new
> lines etc. would doing this cause any major problems with the front
> brakes? would they be extremely grabby?
>




Nobody's said it up to now, but there is NO NEED to replace the entire
line!

Patch-fixes are usual and commonplace for this sort of problem. You cut out
the rusted patch with a pipe cutter, make new flares and splice in a new
section of generic line, which may be easily bent up by hand to near the
original contours.

Bulk brake line is dirt cheap, so are flare nuts. A garage will probably
charge you an hour's labor to replace the rusted patch. Even though you can
rent flare tools, I'd advise not doing it yourself if you've never done it
before.

DO NOT disable the rear brakes.

--
TeGGeR®

Big T wrote:
> A rear brake line blew on my 91 Toyota Corolla the other day due to
> corosion, and rather than replace it, which would be tricky and
> expensive due to the amount of corrosion and access to parts, I was
> thinking of just crimping the rear brake hoses, making the rear brakes
> inoperative but stoppping the leak. I only plan on keeping this car for
> a year at most, and can't justify the expense of refitting it with new
> lines etc. would doing this cause any major problems with the front
> brakes? would they be extremely grabby?
>
> Thanks for any help'
>
> Tyson

Can this not be a troll?

TeGGeR® wrote:

> Nobody's said it up to now, but there is NO NEED to replace the entire
> line!

Except that it's _cheaper_ to do it by replacement.

Brake pipe is cheap, labour is expensive. Replace the pipe and it's one
pipe, splice it and it's one new pipe and a couple of in-situ flares to
do too. If it's rusted out then it'll be steel pipe too, not a copper
alloy, so it's a harder flare to do by hand, especially without even a
vice to hold it in. Now personally I have better things to do than to
lie on my back, trying to screw down a couple of new nipples onto some
old junkyard dog of a beaten up Corolla. I don't mind making up
flares, but I can do them a lot faster and better on the bench in a
vice.

I'd suggest that the OP just goes out and gets his damn fool self
killed and do us all a favour, except that he's likely to hurt
bystanders 8-(

On 16 Oct 2006 15:49:57 -0700, "John S." > wrote:

>
>Big T wrote:
>> A rear brake line blew on my 91 Toyota Corolla the other day due to
>> corosion, and rather than replace it, which would be tricky and
>> expensive due to the amount of corrosion and access to parts, I was
>> thinking of just crimping the rear brake hoses, making the rear brakes
>> inoperative but stoppping the leak. I only plan on keeping this car for
>> a year at most, and can't justify the expense of refitting it with new
>> lines etc. would doing this cause any major problems with the front
>> brakes? would they be extremely grabby?
>>
>> Thanks for any help'
>>
>> Tyson
>
>Can this not be a troll?

There really ARE people that stupid and irresponsible out there.
After all, 2-wheel brakes met all current standards in the year 1920!

Don
www.donsautomotive.com