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Rusted brake lines, anyone?
Has anyone had any experience with this? Wasn't there a recall of some sort regarding brake lines? |
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A poster here reported them; from fading memory, he had to pay to have them replaced and they weren't that "old"; again, from memory.
I can't find the thread via search and can't recall who posted it. Remarkable to me how that very important "line" would be so susceptible to rust for a fairly new car. Penny pinchers at work, imo. GL, mD
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That's strange. I always thought brake lines were made of a non corrosive material. Never saw that before, not even on my high mileage vehicles. But they are not BMWs.
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That's what I would think. But these have a lot of corrosion. You'd never know it either because the bottoms of these X5's are covered up. The driver's side cover has all those plastic push-in body plugs, so if you decide to take a look and get the cover off, be prepared with many new plugs; the old ones break.
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Go with braided stainless steel brake lines (stoptech)...
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I had mine replaced a couple of months ago BMW picked up the labor and the Dealer sold me the parts at cost.
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These are the rigid brake lines that run the length of the car to the rear brakes. Not the flexible lines in the wheel areas.
#6 and #3 in this diagram: RealOEM.com BMW E53 X5 4.4i Rear brake pipe DSC Last edited by flatlander; 03-31-2010 at 09:50 AM. |
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I have not seen that kind of corrosion and any of my BMWs. I highly recommend a cleanup with a soft metal brush and then apply CorrosionX. I used this on all my cars and works fantastic. Just a light coat and wipe. My friend uses it on his plane (Piper Lance) and works great.
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If I find any rust I treat it with Kurust and paint over .
use copper pipe if you replace pipes . |
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Brake lines have been corroding for ever, I think the issue here is just that most BMWs under discussion aren't old enough that it should be an issue yet.
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