Brake calipaer removal question

neo4you

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I've got a '00 LS. I'm replacing rear right caliper. When I remove the caliper flow bolt, I can't remove the old washers. On alldataDIY it says that I need to discard the old and install the new. But I can't even remove the bolt from that cube piece on the end of the brake line. Am I supposed to be able to?
Any help will be appreciated
 
It uses a copper cruch washer that deforms to make a seal when you tighten it. If it is not in too bad of shape you likely can reuse it.
 
If it's in bad shape... you should be able to carefully tap the bolt out of the line with a brass hammer or brass drift (brass is softer than steel; meaning you won't jack up the bolt). Then take a small screw driver or a razor blade and pop the crush washer off.
 

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