I found an easy way to make up DOT stainless brake hoses that might be obvious but I thought I'd share it anyway. I’m not sure where the best place to post this is because it applies to all cruisers, but I’ve found a lot of help in this forum so I’ll post it here..
Basically, I needed a custom extended brake hose for the rear axle of my lifted 61 and didn't want to deal with the hassle of customs, shipping and the time it would take to get one to Canada from SOR, Marlin, Man-a-fre, etc. I went down to the local Lordco and had a peek through the Russell Catalog, rattled off a bunch of part numbers to the part lackey and miraculously, they were all in stock.. All in all, it cost me about $42 CDN to fab one up which would have been around what it would have cost to get one sent up (maybe more)
To make a 21" brake line, the parts I used were:
Russell 641411 - AN-3 to 10MM X 1.0 FEMALE Inverted Flare Adapater (pack of 2)
Russell 641431 - AN-3 to 10MM X 1.0 MALE Inverted Flare Adapter (pack of 2)
Russell 656222 - Endura 20" stainless DOT brakline (Straight AN-3 to AN-3)
Home Depot Steel Spacer (In the bulk fastener section, Bin #128964) x 3
Assembly is straightforward. I got the spacers because the groove on the outside of the female end was farther away from the 'flange'. I put the spacers on the female flange (I show only 2 in the pic but you will have to use 3) then put the brake line through the hose mount on the truck and finally, put the u shaped clip into the groove to hold the brake line into place..
Pic of the components
I installed mine tonight and am very pleased with the results.. I plan to do the front line shortly.. A 20" worked great for the rear axle with 4" of lift. Here are the part numbers for the rest of the lengths:
656012 9"
656022 12"
656302 13"
656032 15"
656242 16"
656042 18"
656222 20"
656052 21"
656062 24"
656072 27"
The entire Russell Brake part Catalog is here:
http://www.russellperformance.com/auto/brake/b_lines.shtml
Basically, I needed a custom extended brake hose for the rear axle of my lifted 61 and didn't want to deal with the hassle of customs, shipping and the time it would take to get one to Canada from SOR, Marlin, Man-a-fre, etc. I went down to the local Lordco and had a peek through the Russell Catalog, rattled off a bunch of part numbers to the part lackey and miraculously, they were all in stock.. All in all, it cost me about $42 CDN to fab one up which would have been around what it would have cost to get one sent up (maybe more)
To make a 21" brake line, the parts I used were:
Russell 641411 - AN-3 to 10MM X 1.0 FEMALE Inverted Flare Adapater (pack of 2)
Russell 641431 - AN-3 to 10MM X 1.0 MALE Inverted Flare Adapter (pack of 2)
Russell 656222 - Endura 20" stainless DOT brakline (Straight AN-3 to AN-3)
Home Depot Steel Spacer (In the bulk fastener section, Bin #128964) x 3
Assembly is straightforward. I got the spacers because the groove on the outside of the female end was farther away from the 'flange'. I put the spacers on the female flange (I show only 2 in the pic but you will have to use 3) then put the brake line through the hose mount on the truck and finally, put the u shaped clip into the groove to hold the brake line into place..
Pic of the components
I installed mine tonight and am very pleased with the results.. I plan to do the front line shortly.. A 20" worked great for the rear axle with 4" of lift. Here are the part numbers for the rest of the lengths:
656012 9"
656022 12"
656302 13"
656032 15"
656242 16"
656042 18"
656222 20"
656052 21"
656062 24"
656072 27"
The entire Russell Brake part Catalog is here:
http://www.russellperformance.com/auto/brake/b_lines.shtml
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