Clutch hydraulic line unions
 

Any trick to taking them apart? It looks like it's just a matter of putting two wrenches on it, but it doesn't want to break free.

I need to replace the second section, and I'm trying to disconnect it from the first section under the hood, and from the third section under the car.

Mark

Di not attempt this without metric flare nut wrenches, or you will strip the flats on the fittings....................

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I do have the flare wrenches - had to buy a second 15mm for this job. I guess I'll just have to tug harder.

edit** the harder tug did the trick. I was just afraid of breaking something, but it's all good now.

Right, so I have the two sections of clutch line separated, but I need to get the threaded joint (999.230.541.10) off the old line. The line is held in there by a circlip (999.230.685.40).

The threaded joint doesn't come apart to allow access to the circlip so it can be removed neatly. I suppose I could assume that the circlip is a disposable and reach in there with needlenose pliers and rip it out. A new circlip is about $5, no biggy. The threaded joint, however, is over $120 so I'm really hoping that is not the replace-able bit.

Can anybody point me in the right direction on this? I'm kinda stumped here, and summer is slipping away.

Mark

Might have just had an epiphany here... the new section of clutch line I bought (it's the second section) came with a threaded joint screwed on the tail end, but the existing line that I will be attaching it to already has the threaded joint attached to it, left from the old piece I removed. So, I'm thinking that I take the new joint off the tail end and use it to replace the one I can't remove from the old line at the front end, and re-use the joint already in place at the back end, then it should all be good.

So, have I figured it out, or am I still out to lunch here?

Mark

ps. It is interesting to note that a new clutch line, complete with a threaded joint and circlip, costs less than buying just the threaded joint alone. How fk'd up is that?

Yeah, I run into that all the time at work. With the pricing of individual parts, it's often not worth the labor of rebuilding ( industrial control valves ), you can buy the complete assembly for the same price or cheaper.
Steve.

Success
 

Worked on this all day. I finally found the part number to order these clips. I will update this when I get the line in.