Topic: brake line ideas

[sdmarkley]

doing the v-6 caliper and fj rotor and putting in a backing plate eliminator. i also have lifted springs. now i have no bracket for my hard line to my flexible line. i kinna want a flex line from caliper to frame and get rid of that short chunk of hard line. am i going the right direction?

[BigBluePile]

If you have the right fitting on the flexible line for the caliper then that should be just fine.  I did not, so i took the brake line bracket off my old IFS stuff and made a custom short hard line off the caliper. 

[OOPS]

What I did;

[sdmarkley [OP]]

gotcha. makes sense. thanks a bunch

[jssgbsn]

@OOPS

Where is that bracket mounted to?

Got another pic?

I just got all my stuff in today and will be doing this in a few days

[OVRAROK]

its mounted to the top caliper bolt. that's what I see

[jssgbsn]

its mounted to the top caliper bolt. that's what I see

Guess I shoulda looked a little closer.

[petenewell]

Probably too late for the OP but here is another idea. Use an extended brake line for the rear, MCBR-131, which is male to female and the same length as the front extended lines. That way the line goes directly to the caliper with no extra fittings or hard line.

[84Flatbed]

Probably too late for the OP but here is another idea. Use an extended brake line for the rear, MCBR-131, which is male to female and the same length as the front extended lines. That way the line goes directly to the caliper with no extra fittings or hard line.

Is this still long enough without the extra few inches of the hard line?

[petenewell]

Is this still long enough without the extra few inches of the hard line?

Plenty long enough for my build. 89 Runner, classic SAS, 4" front springs, lines run from the stock hard line on the frame to the caliper.

[Dingman.]

I never had brackets to mount my hard lines.  Ghetto i know!  Never ripped a line out though.  Always had spare brake lines with me as well.

And fyi. If you ever rip a brake line.  You can thread a 10mm driveline bolt into the T-fittings to stop the leak. 

[84Flatbed]

I never had brackets to mount my hard lines.  Ghetto i know!  Never ripped a line out though.  Always had spare brake lines with me as well.

Thats how mine are now. I had one shop make a comment about it. If I decide to change it up one day then I might do something like petenewell mentioned, or double up some stock rear lines.

[84_yota_4wd]

Its not the best idea to eliminate the hard line. It is there because if the heat that comes off the brakes.

Even though the braided lines are steel braided there is still a rubber or plastic line inside them.

Id fab up a mount like oops did.