Re: JPOR: Brake lines

["Glenn Short" <gjshort@xxxxxxxxxx>]

        Acording to the parts book at the Carquest Store, the stock length
of a chevy truck 4x4 front brake line is 20".  That is what mine are now.  I
will check to see if I can move the braket down to get more flex.
        One more thing to get in the way is that I have my shocks mounted on
the front of my axles.  I switched the upper shock towers side to side.  The
reason I did this is because the brake caliper has been beating the crap out
of the shocks.   I know that when people run dual shocks on the front they
add them onto the front of the axle so I dont't see this as a problem. The
brake line have to run around the shock when I do it this way.


    Anyone with a rear locker have any experience driving on a gravel road
with the locker?  Before I installed mine I could drive the gravel at 60 mph
with out a problem.  I am not sure if it is the locker or my new front setup
that is causing the squirrly steering I am now having.
    Glenn  (got to pull my camper with this thing next weekend.)

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"Leave the beaten track occasionally and drive into the woods. You will be
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Glenn Short                                  gjshort@netins.net
Monmouth,Ia                               Tri-State Stump Jumpers

----- Original Message -----
From: John Nutter <jnutter@pclink.com>

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> The lines on my 1/2 ton Blazer are a lot longer than the Wagoneer lines
> I'm using on my Jeep. I'll use a set of those if I ever have to replace
> mine.
>
> Try re-locating your lines. Mine locate off the lower bolt on my shock
> towers, on a bracket that puts them about 2.5" out from the frame. The
> rubber part of the hose points straight down out of the bracket. If I
> remember right, the brackets (which are just some sheetmetal with the
> right sized hole in the end) came from a Wagoneer and had a 90 deg bend
> added at the frame end.
>