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Hello,

As I'm going to replace the wheel cylinders on my Clipper 1956, I'm wondering if CRC 5-56 is avisable to use when removing the brake line fittings from the cylinders?

Anybody knows?

Thanks in advance.

Tom

Whatever penetrating oil you like best should be fine.

The biggest problem I have had is that the line fitting becomes rust-bound to the steel tubing. The end of the line often gets twisted off, but may survive with a lot of patience. If not, the line probably needed to be replaced, anyway. It's not that difficult to make a new one.

Just be sure to wash the penetrant off all parts with a solvent after you get everything apart.

Thanks for your promte answer.

Tom

{Put pen. oil on tubing nut, let it sit. Try to jsut crack tubiong nut free of cylinder. Teh remove bolts sucuring cyl to back plate. Pull cyl away from back plate a bit and put wrench on nut again on outside of back plate. Then turn cyl with hand in the undo direction. Cyo will come off nut without turning nut on line. No chance of damaging line. Then you can work nut loose from line

A good thing to have in your tool box is a set of tubing wrenches. They resemble an box-end wrench with a segement cut out to slip over the tubing. This wrench design gives more contact surface than an open-end wrench and is good to have for breaking loose stubborn tubing nuts.

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Thanks.

Tom