2003 Ford F250 5.4L auto trans ext cab 4x4 165,XXXmiles.
Hey Scotty,
Do you know of a source/have a link for thicker than standard copper washers used on brake caliper hose bolts?
I found that the washers which came with my brake hoses may be too thin & the cause of the leak at the hose bolt as this recently happened to someone with a similar truck.
The pack which I purchased at the parts store turned out to be slightly thinner. Tried giving the store a call but they only had one size in the "help!" aisle, also no info on what stock thickness should be so I could atleast check them with a vernier caliper to be sure.
Thanks!
I read your previous post. I don't think the problem is with your crush washers.
Crush washers are designed of soft metal to crush into near microscopic imperfections of the metal between mating surfaces.
In your case, the banjo fitting on your new brake lines are probably not mating exactly (in the same footprint) as your old brake line banjo fittings.
So they're probably trying to mate with their perimeters on top of rust/corrosion/crud and the issue is likely on the caliper side.
You may want to remove the banjo bolt, "wad up" a little piece of paper towel and stick it into the brake fluid inlet on the caliper.
Then grab a straight edge. (like a wood paint stirrer stick or something) and wrap a piece of 80 grit sandpaper around it.
Sand that entire mating surface around the brake caliper inlet. When it looks good, switch to something like 150 grit and polish it up nice.
When you're done spray some brake cleaner on the area to remove any metal dust and then grab some tweezers or a pick and remove the wadded up paper towel from the inlet.
After this any crush washer thickness should work.
As far as tightening the banjo bolt:
I'll give that a shot. I did they paper towel & scrubbing on the caliper surface but with I believe a brass brush(maybe a toothbrush)/hit the banjo bolt head with a wire wheel on a drill.
rockauto probably has a bunch
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=1416690&cc=3294165&pt=10620&jsn=344
Looks like the thickest they have are the same as the ones I have on currently (two options availble are 1/32 & 1/16).
there's a ton on Amazon
Why don't you just drill a hole in a penny?
pennies haven't been made of copper in a long time
1985 was the last year before they started mixing zinc, etc....now they're full zinc.
ok, so make a zinc washer