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Rear Brake Hose (Disc Brake)

  1. Pass the brake hose through hole of bracket, and lightly tighten the flare nut to connect brake pipe.
  2. Insert the clamp upward to fix brake hose.
  3. Install the brake hose to caliper using a new gasket.

    Tightening torque (Union bolt): 

    18 N.m (1.8 kgf-m, 13.0 ft-lb) 

  4. While holding the hexagonal part of brake hose fitting with a wrench, tighten the flare nut to the specified torque.

    Tightening torque (Brake pipe flare nut): 

    15 N.m (1.5 kgf-m, 10.8 ft-lb) 

    Fig 1: Tightening Flare Nut
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  5. Bleed air from the brake system.