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Here's what some of what got replaced looked like. The cooling fins on those drums were like layers of baked filo pastry. It's so brutal with the salt here and then the roads beat the crap out of suspension parts. Those rotors are really polished. The grooves in the one happend on the previous...

Here are some photos of the front hoses in place. I used a 2.5" long piece of .25" ID fuel hose sliced down one side and slipped over the brake hose as an insulator with this as center clamp bolted with a single SS bolt. https://www.mcmaster.com/8863T35 https://www.mcmaster.com/97646A253...

So I've finished my braking system refurbishment. It was a pretty big repair. I haven't added up all the parts but a good guesstimate is $500 in parts for: New rotor, pads and SS hoses up front. All new SS brakelines. A SS drop hose in the rear. New backing plates, drums, hardware kit...

It turns out only one of the three holes are utilized. I wanted to find out the bolt size and thread but I'm concerned about removing it at full lock and then being able to get it back in. In my present situation I cannot take a wheel off to do this. :grumpy: Anything involving lifting the...

Thanks for that. The Russell kit I got has fronts that could never do that and I wasn't comfortable with the potential for interference by going through the A-arm as it looked like a lot of rubbing could occur, so I used Inline's adapters and the new line will route just like the OEM one and...

Clarification: The 18" drop down from Inline is 1/4" only on the bulkhead fitting ... :( It also is not able for online ordering anyway and today is the last day for free shipping. Their full 3/16" version SSR15 won't work but once again you can put one together from the pieces.

I have my doubts about a local shop being able to duplicate the hose entirely, with the clamped on bracket. In my experience they just don't do that stuff. I could possibly take the ones off of an el cheapo set but that's a huge PITA. So I have no doubt that they could just do the simple front...

One interesting thing about the rear brake design is that the main line coming from the front is 1/4". That then gets coupled to the drop hose with same size hose as feeds the brake calipers up front which is sized for 3/16" brake line. So for 18" both rear cylinders are being supported on a...

So do yours snake up and through the upper A-arm directly to the brake line union instead of running to the outside and around the upper ball joint to the front brake line connection point.? With my left wheel all the way to the left it does reach OH and is about 1 " from the the A-arm but I...

OH? I took a shot at the Russel hoses thinking they themselves might be misinformed. But they did tell that they would not fit. Those fronts are really a lot shorter? The rear one is not as much shorter but I don't know if the could work.

Oh and I've done that for years as well on sports and vintage exotic cars but ... looking at the installation on this vehicle I don't think I can make this work properly without that center securing bracket clamped to the hose. It keeps a lot of bad things from happening to the hose. IMHO the...

Well Inline say they can make them up quickly in any length but the banjo end will be round and no crimped on bracket for securing the hose. I'd be on my own for that. About $30 a hose with these fittings.

Well yes it does. I put new OEM hoses on the front 3 years ago but the rear has never been changed. I have another car vintage 1970 and it's brakes were getting weak. The calipers had been rebuilt but the hoses had not been replaced. The rears were actually balooning internally! That happens...

Measuring stopping distance 60-0 is impossible for me to check here, way too congested and hence dangerous. Let's just say my brakes aren't nearly as good as they were several years ago when I was towing an 8,000 lb race trailer and they sucked then too. Right now they're just not safe. After...

So the Russel 672370 brake hoses arrived. No way Jose. Way off. Crap!

The specs on the Rockauto website for the 1 3/16" Raybestos wheel cylinders appear to be incorrect. Hence my confusion. So I'm going to try them out. With these, upgraded hoses, the new shoes and the differently biased prop valve I sure hope I'm not leaving two black strips of rubber from the...

Just bought the Russel hose kit, got a deal impossible to refuse with free returns. I also bought an example of each of the stock hoses for a total of $16. So I'll be able to compare them soon back to back. If those don't work out I can send the el cheapo hoses to Inline for them to match. With...

This TSB was quite helpful. I've ordered the appropriate brake balance valve. I'm willing to try the rear shows they specify instead of the high perf Porterfield shoes this time. Those still have a ton pad on them, probably for a variety of reasons. But the front pads they mention simply do not...

They list them only for some 2500's now and when I asked pointedly about my Sub K2500 with all of it's specs they said that these are very specific and if they don't list the vehicle then it won't fit. So ... whats a fellow to think? I could order set and see how they compare. I think one might...

I see that you're on another forum discussing these brake hose kits. So you did or did not install the inline kit and on which vehicle. Ditto for the Russell kit? Bob S.