Underside brake line protection

[W1ghty]

After @MrGundam started a panic by posting pics of his failed underside brake lines because of debris build up I’ve been waiting for a decent day to have a look under there on the CLK .
I combined the underside panel removal with a quick squirt of Dinitrol into the CLK’s rear subframe holes , a two for one job as the car was on wheel ramps .
I removed the long near side panel and was pleasantly surprised by there not being a huge amount of dirt under there . A quick degrease and scrub of the panel cleaned it up nicely .
The brake lines looked in good order , but I removed their rubber holders , sprayed everything with APC , scrubbed and washed with a microfibre mitt before rinsing . After letting everything dry i sprayed them with ACF50.

 

[W1ghty]

Had a crack at the E class brake lines today . Two under panels to remove , things were reasonably dirt free , even more so than the CLK .
I didn’t bother with undoing the body clips because it was cold and windy , I just applied extra ACF50 to make up for my laziness .
There was a fiddly section of brake pipe at the front that went right up close to the edge metal by the sill, I reckon if dirt were to get into the undertray this is where it might be prone to rust ?

 

[Trickythemerc]

Wow, He even put the car on its roof to do the clean up............

 

[OneForTheRoad]

Wow, He even put the car on its roof to do the clean up............

Hes some boy is why.

 

[W1ghty]

Wow, He even put the car on its roof to do the clean up............

It was easier to roll it over onto the lawn so I could stay upright and work at waist level . ( I didn’t know how to move the picture round)

 

[OneForTheRoad]

I'm looking at mine tomorrow , 4 years and 15k . Don't expect to find much , but I'll check anyways.

Gimme a chance to try out my middle of lidl trolley jack.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

I've just done checking mine , pristine underneath , the only thing I did see which I've not seen for a while - spiders legs .

 

[markjay]

It was easier to roll it over onto the lawn so I could stay upright and work at waist level....

Woh that's hard work... next time, just buy one of these:

NBN CHASSIS CAR TILTER CAR ROLLER JIG CAR TILTING LIFT ROTISSERIE CJAUTOS CT04 | eBay

CJAUTOS HEYWOOD LTD. NBN CHASSIS TILTER. HERE WE HAVE AN NBN CHASSIS TILTER. The NBN chassis tilter bolts to bumper mounting point on the chassis, not the axles. This enables you to lift a complete car with engine and running gear or just a body/chassis unit.

www.ebay.co.uk

Job done!

 

[markjay]

For those of you who feel queasy looking at the upside-down photo...:

Everyone happy now?

 

[OneForTheRoad]

happy .

 

[W1ghty]

For those of you who feel queasy looking at the upside-down photo...:

Everyone happy now?

Oooh that’s better , thanks buddy