Securing front brake lines
06-15-2015, 04:01 AM
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Securing front brake lines
I am adding longer travel shocks all around and will be using front stock brake lines up front, till I get new extended ones. I am going to in bolt stock bracket between coil and shock and was wondering how to secure it, so to I have more play in brake line but, not get pinched in coil spring?
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06-16-2015, 05:27 AM
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I am adding longer travel shocks all around and will be using front stock brake lines up front, till I get new extended ones. I am going to in bolt stock bracket between coil and shock and was wondering how to secure it, so to I have more play in brake line but, not get pinched in coil spring?
Your 2011 JK should have the newer style longer front lines that are routed in front of the shock and secured to the spring pad with a metal bracket. I've seen these routed a couple different ways, it depends upon the design of your shocks. If your shock mounts the tube end to the axle you can carefully pry the lines out of the metal brackets at the spring pad and then just zip tie the lines & ABS sensor wires to the shock body, leaving plenty of slack for full extension. (This is what AEV does on their conversion JKs.) If you have an aftermarket shock that mounts the tube end to the frame then you have to remove the line & sensor wire from the bracket and re-route the line to the rear of the shock body. In that case you have to remove the line from the caliper and reattach it with the banjo bend facing the rear of the rig. After you reattach the line to the caliper using new copper washers, bleed the front brakes. You may also want to carefully bend the frame side metal part of the line downward a bit to prevent it being pinched at a 90 degree angle. I saw one setup on a major susesnion mfr's rig where they had straightened that hard line down almost 45 degrees.
The late style stock front brake line is about 26", same as most aftermarket lines and it's worth trying to retain. They are high quality lines, matched to the ABS cabling and if you can retain them in most cases it saves a ton of hassle bleeding, etc. They can also be used in the rear with a little bending of the frame side hard tubing. Just snip off the ABS line clips.