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Removal (Front)

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
  1. Raise and suitably support the vehicle. Remove the tire and wheel assembly. Clean all dirt and foreign material from the brake hose and the brake pipe fittings.
    2. NOTE: Install a rubber cap or plug to the exposed brake pipe fitting end in order to prevent brake fluid loss and contamination.
  2. Disconnect the brake pipe fitting from the brake hose, than cap or plug the brake pipe fitting end. Using a flat-bladed tool, remove the brake hose retainer from the brake hose. Remove the brake hose from the brake hose bracket. Remove the brake hose to caliper bolt from the brake caliper. See Figure . Remove the brake hose from the brake caliper. Remove and discard the 2 copper brake hose gaskets. These gaskets may be stuck to the brake caliper and/or the brake hose end.
  3. Install a rubber plug into the brake hose to caliper bolt hole of the brake caliper. Remove the hose bracket bolt from the strut assembly and remove the hose.
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