Hey, I have a project that I'll be doing with my brakes in about a month or so that will require removing the calipers. I used to do this in the garage in the summer so I never had to take them off. But lately, where I'm from, the temperatures have been dipping into the single digits. (To you guys in SoCal . . . I hate you! )

Is it ok to leave the lines open for a while (weeks perhapse), or what can I do to plug the lines so nothing gets out after I remove the calipers? Would the cold affect the air getting in the lines at all? Our winters are typically humid, so moisture may get in as well.

Is there anyhing else that I might want to know before tackling this?

Thanks,

Paul

 

I assume you plan on bleeding the brake system and replacing the fluid when you get the calipers back on. If you do that, I can't see any reason why there should be an issue.

Make sure you put something under the lines to catch anything that leaks out.

 

calipers come new/rebuilt with little black rubber gromets over the bleeder. pick up a few of those to cap the lines.

 

Thanks!

Yeah, I plan on bleading the lines and replacing the fluid when I'm done. Never done that before either.

The rubber gromits- is there a nipple-like protrusion that they will fit over or am I suposed to insert them into the line inverted?

I'm painting the rear calipers and replacing the fronts. I've painted the calipers on my old cars before and it's always looked really nice. But sitting for hours on end on a tiny stool with my head jammed in a wheel well in sub-freezing temperatures won't be good for my body. I usually do this in the summer. But the nice thing about having the calipers removed is the hard-to-reach places wont look slopy, even in nobody but the guy changing the oil is going to see it.