Originally Posted by cerami50

You guys make a good point - for $8 a pop there's no reason I shouldn't have replaced both wheel cylinders and been done with it. The rear hard lines along the axle I replaced about 18 months/20k miles ago and don't see any sort of damage on the lines or at the backing plate. The flex line looks fine visually and I ran my fingers along the length squeezing it and there were no soft spots as far as I can tell. Once my roommate wakes up I'll ask him to stand on the brakes as I watch the line to see if it deforms, but it sounds to me like I should just be less lazy when changing wheel cylinders.