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Replacing Front Brake Hoses: Lower Vehicle

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Summary: After replacing front brake hoses, lower the vehicle one side at a time after removing rails, jack stands and other supports. Learn how to lower a car when replacing front brake hoses in this free video on car repair from a professional mechanic.

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By Mark Blocker
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Mark Blocker is a semi-retired ASE-certified master mechanic with more than 20 years of automotive experience. He has been a state-certified emissions specialist for more than 15 years...read more

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"OK. I'm going to go ahead and start on the passenger side of the vehicle, because that's where my jack is at. I've placed it right underneath the frame rail. What I want to do is just lift it up about an inch, inch and a half to release the tension on the jack stand. Once I've done that I can remove the jack stand. Now, knowing the car is teetering on the other side on the jacks stand over there still I want to lower it down very slowly, gently. Then we'll just proceed over to the driver's side and change the other one. So, basically I just came around and did the same procedure in reverse as when we jacked the vehicle up and I lowered the other side. Went up underneath, caught the frame rail, raised it up, got the jack stands out, lowered it down. The only thing we need to do before we can go out on a test drive, we've got to check the brake fluid and do a quick kind of a pressure test of the system and verify that we don't have any leaks and we're prepared for the test drive. So, watch our next segment. We'll cover checking the fluid and doing pressure tests."

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