Brake Line plumbing question

[mattolewis]

I have searched the forum, and I did not find the specific answer so I am asking another brake question. I put GM calipers on the rear of my 1970 FJ40. The calipers came with the rubber flex line. Where can I get a fitting and what size do I need to go from the GM hose to the T fitting mounted on the rear axle?

Thanks for the help,

Matt

 

[fieldsken1]

you can have them made at any hydrolic hose shop or russell fittings will make what you need. just take to auto part house and they can set you up but not cheap. russell fittings make the adaptor to go from sae to metric

 

[Degnol]

Fittings are 10mmx1 if they are the GM "metric" calipers.....the Monte ones.


Ed

 

[MtnTrucker]

Two ways that i would solve the issue: You can buy a new flex hose from places like JT Outfitters that has the banjo fitting on one end and a metric female fitting on the other end. IF your truck has the later style 10mm fittings on the hard brake line they will then thread right in to the new flex hose.

IF your truck has the older style 9mm fittings on the hard lines I would remove those with a tubing cutter and using a double flare tool, install new SAE hard line fitting you can get at any NAPA store. They should then thread right into the flex lines that came with your calipers.

 

[mattolewis]

Thanks for all the help. It appears that it all bolts right up.

Matt

 

[alex e]

Dude. Use search. Stop wasting my internets.


Welcome to Mud. :flipoff:

 

[mooker82]

Check the FAQ and the Tech Trivia links. You can get the lines you need at NAPA for around $20 each.

 

[mattolewis]

Thanks for the help!

Thanks for all the help. I used the hoses that came with the calipers, then made a hard line with 10mmx1 connectors on both ends to go into the stock T on the axle.

Here is a link to more pics in my Blog:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/blogs/mattolewis/397-finished-up-rear-brakes.html

And here is a pic of the routing: