What length brake line for lifted CJ7 = REALLY close call tonight.
 

I do believe I've had it with SS braided brake lines. I've got a spring
over CJ7 with 37 MTR's and coming home tonight from a night on the town and
the drivers' side line blew apart right at the frame side fitting (2nd time
a SS line has blown apart on me). One step on the pedal and the hydro boost
spit out every drop of fluid in the system I think. It's pretty spooky
feeling to be doing 55, hit the pedal and have it slam straight to the
floor. Luckily for me I was on a back road with little traffic and managed
to coast down to a reasonable speed so I could turn into a school parking
lot. All was well.

What I would like to be able to do is walk into the local parts store and
buy a set of factory style lines of sufficient length to accomodate my
spring over lift. I would LIKE to be able to tell the parts droid exactly
what make/model/year vehicle I want lines for.

I had lines for a 4" lift on there and they were fine for street use but
could have stood a couple more inches of length for off-road use. A set of
lines of sufficient length AND originally designed for a hydroboost system
would be freakin awsome.

It would SURE be nice if someone could say "yeah dude! You need exactly
THIS." Would make my life a bunch easier tomorrow morning and save me a few
steps as well.

Re: What length brake line for lifted CJ7 = REALLY close call tonight.
 

"Yeah dude! You need exactly THIS":

Bendix 77241
Tru-Torque H36957
Raybestos BH 36957
Wagner 88958

All part numbers cross to the same part. I believe it's for an early model
Ford F150. A slight modification is all that's necessary - drill the
caliper side mount hole out slightly. I found mine at Advance Auto, plenty
long enough.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries


"T. Greening" <tgreening@NOSPAMneo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:wh6Hb.85607$031.16492@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> I do believe I've had it with SS braided brake lines. I've got a spring
> over CJ7 with 37 MTR's and coming home tonight from a night on the town
and
> the drivers' side line blew apart right at the frame side fitting (2nd
time
> a SS line has blown apart on me). One step on the pedal and the hydro
boost
> spit out every drop of fluid in the system I think. It's pretty spooky
> feeling to be doing 55, hit the pedal and have it slam straight to the
> floor. Luckily for me I was on a back road with little traffic and
managed
> to coast down to a reasonable speed so I could turn into a school parking
> lot. All was well.
>
> What I would like to be able to do is walk into the local parts store and
> buy a set of factory style lines of sufficient length to accomodate my
> spring over lift. I would LIKE to be able to tell the parts droid exactly
> what make/model/year vehicle I want lines for.
>
> I had lines for a 4" lift on there and they were fine for street use but
> could have stood a couple more inches of length for off-road use. A set
of
> lines of sufficient length AND originally designed for a hydroboost system
> would be freakin awsome.
>
> It would SURE be nice if someone could say "yeah dude! You need exactly
> THIS." Would make my life a bunch easier tomorrow morning and save me a
few
> steps as well.
>
>

Re: What length brake line for lifted CJ7 = REALLY close call tonight.
 

"Yeah dude! You need exactly THIS":

Bendix 77241
Tru-Torque H36957
Raybestos BH 36957
Wagner 88958

All part numbers cross to the same part. I believe it's for an early model
Ford F150. A slight modification is all that's necessary - drill the
caliper side mount hole out slightly. I found mine at Advance Auto, plenty
long enough.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries


"T. Greening" <tgreening@NOSPAMneo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:wh6Hb.85607$031.16492@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> I do believe I've had it with SS braided brake lines. I've got a spring
> over CJ7 with 37 MTR's and coming home tonight from a night on the town
and
> the drivers' side line blew apart right at the frame side fitting (2nd
time
> a SS line has blown apart on me). One step on the pedal and the hydro
boost
> spit out every drop of fluid in the system I think. It's pretty spooky
> feeling to be doing 55, hit the pedal and have it slam straight to the
> floor. Luckily for me I was on a back road with little traffic and
managed
> to coast down to a reasonable speed so I could turn into a school parking
> lot. All was well.
>
> What I would like to be able to do is walk into the local parts store and
> buy a set of factory style lines of sufficient length to accomodate my
> spring over lift. I would LIKE to be able to tell the parts droid exactly
> what make/model/year vehicle I want lines for.
>
> I had lines for a 4" lift on there and they were fine for street use but
> could have stood a couple more inches of length for off-road use. A set
of
> lines of sufficient length AND originally designed for a hydroboost system
> would be freakin awsome.
>
> It would SURE be nice if someone could say "yeah dude! You need exactly
> THIS." Would make my life a bunch easier tomorrow morning and save me a
few
> steps as well.
>
>

Re: What length brake line for lifted CJ7 = REALLY close call tonight.
 

"Yeah dude! You need exactly THIS":

Bendix 77241
Tru-Torque H36957
Raybestos BH 36957
Wagner 88958

All part numbers cross to the same part. I believe it's for an early model
Ford F150. A slight modification is all that's necessary - drill the
caliper side mount hole out slightly. I found mine at Advance Auto, plenty
long enough.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, Dana 30 Front. SOA
4.56 Gears, LockRight F&R
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries


"T. Greening" <tgreening@NOSPAMneo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:wh6Hb.85607$031.16492@fe3.columbus.rr.com...
> I do believe I've had it with SS braided brake lines. I've got a spring
> over CJ7 with 37 MTR's and coming home tonight from a night on the town
and
> the drivers' side line blew apart right at the frame side fitting (2nd
time
> a SS line has blown apart on me). One step on the pedal and the hydro
boost
> spit out every drop of fluid in the system I think. It's pretty spooky
> feeling to be doing 55, hit the pedal and have it slam straight to the
> floor. Luckily for me I was on a back road with little traffic and
managed
> to coast down to a reasonable speed so I could turn into a school parking
> lot. All was well.
>
> What I would like to be able to do is walk into the local parts store and
> buy a set of factory style lines of sufficient length to accomodate my
> spring over lift. I would LIKE to be able to tell the parts droid exactly
> what make/model/year vehicle I want lines for.
>
> I had lines for a 4" lift on there and they were fine for street use but
> could have stood a couple more inches of length for off-road use. A set
of
> lines of sufficient length AND originally designed for a hydroboost system
> would be freakin awsome.
>
> It would SURE be nice if someone could say "yeah dude! You need exactly
> THIS." Would make my life a bunch easier tomorrow morning and save me a
few
> steps as well.
>
>

Re: What length brake line for lifted CJ7 = REALLY close call tonight.
 

After further research, those part numbers are for a 1979-1987 Chevy C30
truck, not the Ford, sorry. The NAPA part number is the same as the
Raybestos number (BH36957)

JimG

Re: What length brake line for lifted CJ7 = REALLY close call tonight.
 

After further research, those part numbers are for a 1979-1987 Chevy C30
truck, not the Ford, sorry. The NAPA part number is the same as the
Raybestos number (BH36957)

JimG

Re: What length brake line for lifted CJ7 = REALLY close call tonight.
 

After further research, those part numbers are for a 1979-1987 Chevy C30
truck, not the Ford, sorry. The NAPA part number is the same as the
Raybestos number (BH36957)

JimG