Extended Rubber Brake Lines

[tobyw]

I was sure I had seen a thread wherein there was a nice listing of off-the-shelf rubber brake lines that would work for extended lines instead of braided stainless... Can anyone help out on that??

Also, along those same lines, are the front caliper flex lines on a disk brake '77 common or "close enough" to anything else out there? NAPA and Schuck's are both like 7-day waits for the correct part numbers, and I'd sure like to get to it before the weekend... Thanks for any help!!

 

[Viperwolf1]

http://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119175&highlight=extended+brake+hose

 

[Apogee]

You posted in that thread Viper linked to...no wonder you thought you remembered something. I made my own stainless hoses for the the front of my '77, but IIRC, I made them 17" long and they needed to have a 7/16-24 female inverted flare on the hardline side in order to reuse the OE tube nuts and a 3/8" banjo fitting on the caliper end.

Go to Napa and ask them for their "Illustrated Brake Parts Guide" and start looking through the brake hoses until you find something that will work and they have in stock or a day or two out. You can always make new hard lines as well with whatever tube nuts you like...more than one way to skin a cat.