Where can I get brake line locks

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Can someone give me some pointers on where to find a good brake line lock at. I found these but I was wandering what some folks here on MUD were using. http://www.rpmoutlet.com/hurst.htm I did a search but didn't come back with anything will keep trying. Thanks.
 
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save some dough and go look at Poly Performance site. Very good price and if you call they can walk you through it and answer any questions you may have about install, they have both mechanical and electric.
 
peesalot said:
save some dough and go look at Poly Performance site. Very good price and if you call they can walk you through it and answer any questions you may have about install, they have both mechanical and electric.
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I couldn't find them on the Poly website, I did find a whole page at summit. This one looks like it'll do http://store.summitracing.com/partd...part=SUM-760002&N=700+-46908+115&autoview=sku I'd like to get some feedback on folks that have them and what they had to go through to adapt them into the metric factory Toyota lines since all these locks come in 1/8 NPT standard line.
 
Volunteer said:
I couldn't find them on the Poly website, I did find a whole page at summit. This one looks like it'll do http://store.summitracing.com/partd...part=SUM-760002&N=700+-46908+115&autoview=sku I'd like to get some feedback on folks that have them and what they had to go through to adapt them into the metric factory Toyota lines since all these locks come in 1/8 NPT standard line.
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Those take power to hold their lock. That won't work as an e-brake for any extended period of time. What are you going to use them for?
 
Fast Eddy said:
Those take power to hold their lock. That won't work as an e-brake for any extended period of time. What are you going to use them for?
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Thanks. I'd be using it as a second E-Brake, the E-Brake is a factory setup it holds decent but would like the added security of the line-lock. I've ridden in a rig where he had the electric in the front and rear and it would hold the rig on the steepest inclines. I thought adding one in the front along with the e-brake would be sufficient. I have no experience with them, but I know I want at least one.
 
1973Guppie said:
interesting unit at summitt, so does this work the same as a manual unit? you just push down on the brake pedal and engage via an electronic switch? I would also like to someday do something like this as I just don't trust the stock fj40 ebrake unit.

Noah
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No expereince with the manual, but appears to work the same way. Hold down the brake pedal and flip both or just one of the the toggle switches. He had a front and rear though he said you could probably only get away with needing the front if you had a half ass operational E-brake which I do, but he didn't. It held firm as we sat on a hefty incline waiting for the rig in front of us to be winched up. We jumped out and headed up hill to help the fellows in front of us. He also used it when the engine would die on a steep incline to get the engine fired back up let out the clutch apply gas and flip the switch and away you go. I gotta have it. :)
 
I've got a set of the summit line licks in one of my rigs. One for the front and one for the rear.

They are not meant for use as a long term E brake, but they don't pull enough current to worry about using them for any realistic amount of time during a day on the trail.

It really doesn't matter whether they are metric of SAE. You have to cut your hardline to install them anyway. Just use SAE fittings on your existing OEM brake lines.

What else you want to know?


Mark...
 
Mark W said:
I've got a set of the summit line licks in one of my rigs. One for the front and one for the rear.

They are not meant for use as a long term E brake, but they don't pull enough current to worry about using them for any realistic amount of time during a day on the trail.

It really doesn't matter whether they are metric of SAE. You have to cut your hardline to install them anyway. Just use SAE fittings on your existing OEM brake lines.

What else you want to know?


Mark...
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Thanks Mark I appreciate the feedback thats what I was looking for. Thats pretty much what I thought I was just wanting to hear what some of our guys here on MUD had to say about them. Maybe a prefered type or offer up something else the majority might find better. I can always count on good advice here. I'll plan on going with the Summit on the front using the Swagelock to 1/8 NPT Downey has. :beer:

Larry
 
The summit line lock comes with adapters so that SAE 3/16 brake line fittings will screw right into it.


Mark...
 
Mark W said:
The summit line lock comes with adapters so that SAE 3/16 brake line fittings will screw right into it.


Mark...
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Gotcha thanks. :)
 
BTW, I use them so that I can lockup my front wheels and slide the rear around, and more often so that I can solidly lock the tires while I'm winching someone out. With the traction that I get from the 39.5x18 boggers it takes a lot to slide them across the ground. If I just set the Ebrake, the tires roll when the load gets heavy. With the line locks I can keep that from happening.

They're also really nice when stopping on a steep hill or any other brief situation where you really really don't want the rig to roll at all. You just need to always remember that any interruption of the power supply will release them.


Mark...
 
AN idea:
Install the manual lock and fabricate a valve stem extension into the "cab". A flex drive should work nicely. Instant parking brake!
 
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