Brake line relocated????
07-08-2011 | 07:00 PM
#1
Thread Starter
JK Newbie
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 80
Likes: 0
From: York, Pa
Brake line relocated????
My rig was at the dealership on tuesday for 30k service and they said it needed rear brake pads and a rear pass brake hose becasue it is rubbing through on the shock. So this evening i started work on the brakes and i found this on the pass side: WHITE is where the hose was rubbing on the shock till i bent the bracket out a little so it wouldn't, ORANGE is showing how the brake line is shaped, the BLUE line shows how the driver side line is. I'm almost positive this is wrong, but want to check. I dont remember it being like that but i also dont remember really looking at it.
07-08-2011 | 07:28 PM
#3
JK Jedi Master
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 15,665
Likes: 3
From: Hammond Louisiana
Holy Smoke! Looks like your swaylink bolt caught the hardline and bent it down. 
You need to replace the hardline ASAP!!!!!
It shoulda NEVER left the shop like that!!!!!!!
Also, the rubber hose they suposidly replaced doesn't look very new to me, check it for rub marks. Easy fix to make the rubber line resistant to sliding on the shock would be to get some fuel line, split it down the middle and ziptie a 4in piece or so around the rubber line. You won't have to worry about it rubbing through then.
You need to replace the hardline ASAP!!!!!It shoulda NEVER left the shop like that!!!!!!!
Also, the rubber hose they suposidly replaced doesn't look very new to me, check it for rub marks. Easy fix to make the rubber line resistant to sliding on the shock would be to get some fuel line, split it down the middle and ziptie a 4in piece or so around the rubber line. You won't have to worry about it rubbing through then.
Last edited by mkjeep; 07-08-2011 at 07:36 PM.
07-08-2011 | 08:00 PM
#4
JK Super Freak
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,127
Likes: 3
From: Delray Beach, FL
Holy Smoke! Looks like your swaylink bolt caught the hardline and bent it down. You need to replace the hardline ASAP!!!!!
It shoulda NEVER left the shop like that!!!!!!!
Also, the rubber hose they suposidly replaced doesn't look very new to me, check it for rub marks. Easy fix to make the rubber line resistant to sliding on the shock would be to get some fuel line, split it down the middle and ziptie a 4in piece or so around the rubber line. You won't have to worry about it rubbing through then.
You need to replace the hardline ASAP!!!!!It shoulda NEVER left the shop like that!!!!!!!
Also, the rubber hose they suposidly replaced doesn't look very new to me, check it for rub marks. Easy fix to make the rubber line resistant to sliding on the shock would be to get some fuel line, split it down the middle and ziptie a 4in piece or so around the rubber line. You won't have to worry about it rubbing through then.
07-10-2011 | 07:40 AM
#5
Thread Starter
JK Newbie
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 80
Likes: 0
From: York, Pa
They didnt replace it. I'm going to do that my self too. Im waiting to for them to show up. Taking it to the dealership tomorrow to see what they can do for me, if anything since its out of warranty. I am probably gonig to end up getting a length of brake line from napa and flaring and bending a new peice for back there cause i'm sure its all one peice from the controller up front.
07-10-2011 | 07:45 PM
#6
JK Super Freak
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,300
Likes: 1
From: germantown, maryland
Wow!!!
Agree with mkjeep..looks like you sway bar pulled that hard line down! I snapped my brake line that way up at Rausch creek. The hard line snapped right in 2 directly in line with my track bar bolt.
Agree with mkjeep..looks like you sway bar pulled that hard line down! I snapped my brake line that way up at Rausch creek. The hard line snapped right in 2 directly in line with my track bar bolt.
) Nothing to hard to fix 
