Swapped in braided stainless brake lines and new fluid

[douglas vincent]

I finally got around to swapping in my new brake lines, replacing my 16 year old brake fluid, and ATTEMPTING to upgrade to turbo front brakes.

Right off the bat, I got lucky with my bad luck. I started on the right front brake and found that I had gotten ONE brake caliper bracket that was NA, not the turbo bracket.

So I didnt install the turbo brakes.

But I did replace all the brake lines, the brake fluid and the drivers side front rotor with a new one that should have been replaced about 2 years ago when I first got the wagon.

It went very easy. Not a single stuck bolt, cut finger or anything. I was even able to bleed the brakes with the help of my 7 year old son. I would pump the brake, yell "Loosen!" and as soon as it started to almost hit the floor, yell "Tighten". Worked like a charm.

While nothing magic happened to the quality of my brakes, they don't shake anymore (new rotor) and they stop better, but nothing great. But at least they wont fade immediately like they used to.

Now to just find a damn right front turbo brake caliper bracket......

[AWD_addict]

Cool that your son could help.

What kind of lines and fluid did you get?