Once you disconnect the hard line, and remove the nut and washer, all it takes is elbow grease. 25 years of rust can build up in there holding it in nice and tight. Spraying it all down with PB Blaster a few days before hand should really help out. Just support the bracket and give the hose a few good wacks with a hammer. This may destroy the hose fitting, so I'm assuming you are replacing them. If you are trying to remove the rear hoses, things get worse. I swear that when the factory workers connected the lines where they go through the frame, they added extra epoxy and then crimped the hole to hold the lines good and tight! Because of the transmission, you can't really get a hammer in there to pound them out. I had to put the nut back on a few threads and then hold the open end of a large wrench to it. This allowed me to hammer from underneath, while the force from the large blows are transferred to the hose. I've seen this take anywhere from 15 minutes to 30 seconds depending on the D. Good luck, Chris VIN 4099 At 12:06 PM 6/3/2006 +0000, you wrote: >I'm assuming this is one of those dumb questions whose answer becomes >painfully obvious once you do it, but I can't seem to figure out how >to remove the brake hoses. I can figure out which part is the hose and >which part is the bracket, but I can't seem to separate them. > >Thanks in advance, > Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/