What size line wrench for brake line?

[silvereagle07]

Originally Posted by nlped

I'm trying to get my front soft lines loose from the hard lines, what a PITA!!! Who was the genius that came up with stopping the hard line inside the frame rail? I can barely even touch the d@mn thing, much less get a line wrench at it. Between the transmission lines and fuel line on the passenger side, and the P/S lines that are ALL in the way of getting my big mitts on them, I can't seem to figure out how to get them. It looks like it also has a cheesy metal nut holding the rubber line into the frame rather than the normal e-clip...SWEET!

Can I, somehow, get that big nut off the soft line and then pull the hard line out through the hole in the frame to access this genius meeting of lines? HELP, I'm about to have a dang Heart Attack from the heat and the frustration!

Thanks for reading

I just did mine a few weeks ago. On the passenger side I held the rubber line nut at the frame and the inside with a line wrench. I just popped the line (pushed frameside and pulled inside) really quick it came loose. I did soak it with penetrating oil first. The driver side was a pain. I took the line loose at the prop valve to put it in the vise to hold it. Then I got a good grip on it and popped it loose. It was a major pain but it worked better than stripping it. I have held them with vise grips really tight before but I don't recommend it.