# Rear brake lines **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** mercury, cougar\ **Created:** [August 24, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898 "2016-08-24T18:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![codynolan6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@codynolan6](https://community.cartalk.com/u/codynolan6)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/42 "2016-08-26T15:57:49Z")
Kick me off then idc!!! I already told u to haha ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/43 "2016-08-26T16:01:03Z")
Who are you asking? ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/44 "2016-08-26T16:08:56Z")
Hi @codynolan6, sorry, I don’t plan to kick you off, because you have a question and like I said above I don’t think you’re trying to kill anybody. It would be cool, though, if you’d not use any f-bombs. Otherwise, carry on - seems there are some people trying to answer your question. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/45 "2016-08-26T17:26:41Z")
@codynolan6 If you can’t figure it out by looking at the lines or by the way Kieth described, I’m really glad you are not my mechanic, if you even are a mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/46 "2016-08-26T19:33:31Z")
Apparantly to be a mechanic you have to swear, not know the difference between break and brake and not be able to figure out why a brake line goes to a brake block. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/47 "2016-08-26T19:59:36Z")
> [@oldtimer-11](#): > > Apparantly to be a mechanic you have to swear @#$#!in’ check! > [@oldtimer-11](#): > > not be able to figure out why a brake line goes to a brake block. I could fake that… > [@oldtimer-11](#): > > not know the difference between break and brake Curse that liberal arts degree! I’ll never be a mechanic now! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/48 "2016-08-26T22:25:58Z")
Naw, it used to be 7th or 8th grade where you learned the difference between break and brake, by and buy, your, you’re, you are, to, two, too, whether, weather, wee, we, be, bee, and so on. Woulda flunked Freshman Comp. if you didn’t know the difference by then. I give allowances though for people typing on their smart phones and some of the gibberish that results. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/49 "2016-08-26T23:44:45Z")
Yes Bing the not so smart phones can really make a mess of words. But if you are going to claim to be a mechanic on an vehicle related forum you really should write brakes for those things that stop a vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/50 "2016-08-27T01:02:02Z")
if it was me I would cut the metal lines going to each rear wheel, 2 fold and compress. ---
**Author:** ![chunkyazian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@chunkyazian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chunkyazian)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/51 "2016-08-27T13:39:00Z")
Years ago, a group of us sat down at a restaurant and this lady just started beep beep beep … so much so it would make a trucker blush. When she excused herself, someone at the table said, “dude, your friend talks like a sailor”. The rather curt response was, “she IS a sailor”. Our men and women in uniform totally deserve to have some leeway on their language Perhaps the easiest thing to do, if it has 4 wheel disc brakes, is to take off the calipers, hang them somewhere, and let them clamp on 2 blocks of wood. ---
**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898/52 "2016-08-27T15:37:47Z")
Took a while to figure out what the OP wanted, the car is for demolition derby. If the rear brake lines break (;)) he risks losing all braking. By disconnecting the rear lines, he has enough with the front and can still bang other cars with the rear. @keith gave the best answer, but the OP is either unwilling or unable to work with that. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/rear-brake-lines/94898.md?page=2)