Corrosion has destroyed my brake lines Options

[Tech9ine]

alright, so I'm in a pickle. It seems my brake lines (the hard lines on the bottom of the chassis, not the rubber hoses) have rusted through and are leaking brake fluid all over the damn place. This sucks because i did not budget for this. And because my car has no pressure in the lines now and effectively has no braking power. I need to fix this ASAP, the search ii did only yeilded results for replacing the rubber hoses, i need the whole prebent tubing, preferably in braided stainless steel to preevnt this from happening again. Where is the cheapest i can get this? and whats the price difference between an oem steel replacement and the stainless steel. I'm having a tough time finding this out on my own. Thanks.

-Shawn

This post has been edited by Tech9ine: May 30, 2006 - 2:58 PM

[Batman722]

yea I did.

there are 2 brake lines (obviously) and 3 fuel lines that run under the car protected by black plastic covers. You need to get the car in the air, and find where the leak is comming from. Only one of my lines was leaking (rusted through) where the are held to the body with metal clips (the clips rust out and kills the lines).

remove the plastic cover where the leak is (10mm plastic bolts) and see which line it is that is bad. If it is the line closest to the passenger side of the car it is you DRIVER's side rear line (they cross).

I figured to buy both lines from toyota and replace them (one was $30 and the other was $40) I replaced the broken one but to replace the other I would need to fully drop the gas tank. I got away will only lowering the tank about 2-3 inches to replace the broken line, I was lucky it wasn't the other side (pass side rear) - plus I broke the bleeder on that side off - damn rust

if I had to do it over again, I would just buy some generic lines and fittings and patch it up.