# Brake line issues

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-line-issues/105977>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** corolla, toyota\
**Created:** [July 17, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-line-issues/105977 "2017-07-17T18:24:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![fostert\_2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@fostert\_2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fostert_2000)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-line-issues/105977/1 "2017-07-17T18:24:19Z")

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Can someone tell me if you have to disconnect the steering linkage on the left side of a 1994 Toyota Corolla to replace the rear steel brake lines? There is a holder holding the brake lines and I don’t see how I will thread the brake line to the brake plenum without removing the line holder. The line holder has two bolts along side of the steering linkage boot and I can’t get a wrench on the bolts because of the linkage.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-line-issues/105977/2 "2017-07-17T19:45:37Z")

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Cut the old line with wire-cutters near the clamp and yank the line out. Remove the rest of the line. Route the new line in the same spot. Tie-wrap the new line through the old clamp. Done.

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**Author:** ![fostert\_2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@fostert\_2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fostert_2000)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-line-issues/105977/3 "2017-07-18T14:38:10Z")

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Thanks Mustangman. If it were a single clamp I might do that. I may have misled you. It is a channel that has 5 lines thru it… It is the only way that I can keep the lines from rubbing the frame. I need to keep it in tact if at all possible.  
Does anyone have the manual for a 1994 Toyota Corolla to look up the process changing fuel and brake lines. They all go through the same channel clamp and I need to replace all of the lines?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/brake-line-issues/105977/4 "2017-07-18T14:44:08Z")

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You might try here:

[http://www.motorera.com/auto-service-repair-manual/Toyota/Corolla](http://www.motorera.com/auto-service-repair-manual/Toyota/Corolla)

Many cars have PDF’d service manuals online. Some free, some cheap.