3rd Gen Accord

[prelude91]

nice hoses, bit of contrast in colour tho' some of the air bubbles in the lines may gravitate to the top overnight, most of all take your time, my bikes are on thinner than standard braided hoses, and they take ages to bleed out all the air.

[wurlycorner]

Well done, they look great actually. Impressed about them matching the mounting brackets, too.
Rep for getting that done in the dark and cold

[jjmartin349571]

Well done, they look great actually. Impressed about them matching the mounting brackets

I was impressed too I can only assume that there is a standard set of sizes for brake hose brackets? I had 3 each side and the replacements all fitted beautifully!

Small update - the hub nut on the drive shaft I need to re-boot won't budge, even with 13 stone of me stood on the end of a 2 foot bar! So I have left this for last I dropped the car off at the body shop today so I'm hoping to get it back in time for the re-test

Also, I don't know if it's just me but my brakes feel sharper maybe it's because the hoses are no longer on the brink of bursting!

[NafemanNathan]

Small update - the hub nut on the drive shaft I need to re-boot won't budge, even with 13 stone of me stood on the end of a 2 foot bar! So I have left this for last

Impact gun will sort that bud. Had it many a time and I'm 14 1/2 stone

[jjmartin349571]

I have no impact gun though aren't they pretty expensive too?

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Maybe I'll ring the body shop and see if they can crack it off for me

[NafemanNathan]

Nor do I. I've always borrowed the neighbours

Plenty of bargains to be had on ebay though

[jjmartin349571]

Nor do I. I've always borrowed the neighbours

Plenty of bargains to be had on ebay though

Time is the only problem - Monday is the deadline for getting everything fixed

Anyway, I picked up the Accord from the body shop today even though they've not done the filling and painting yet it looks great, they formed the new piece of sill nicely and have sealed it with some red polyurethane stuff or something. It already looks miles better than the other side. After chatting with the owner I've come to the decision that when I take it back for finishing off I'll also get the other sill repaired properly, as there's no point fixing one side whilst the other looks jobby still so it looks like I'll be doing a bit of saving next month to get it back in for sorting

So that just leaves me needing a tyre and to replace a CV boot. I'll go get a tyre tomorrow, but I'm still stuck with this bloody hub nut. I'm off with my mate in his van tomorrow as he reckons they've got some big arse pipes out back at his work that we can grab. Let's see if I can't snap my breaker bar

[prelude91]

You've had a busy day, mate, and helped rob, to boot, good onya.

[jjmartin349571]

Cheers matey! I have indeed been a busy boy recently fitting the Accord's repairs around work hasn't been easy but I'm almost there now.

Earlier today I got a new tyre fitted so that's that sorted. I've also had a successful nut busting session - I didn't use leverage in the end, I used reverse psychology I tried to tighten the nut rather than loosen it. This fooled it into a false sense of security, thinking that it had won and that I had resigned to leaving it on. Then I took it by surprise and twisted it back the other way which broke it loose

So tomorrow I'll whip the driveshaft out, stick a new boot on and then stick it all back together. Should be simple enough I hope

[wurlycorner]

love your thinking