RedBear
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- San Marcos CA
- Vehicle Year
- 1997
- Make / Model
- Ranger 4.0L 4x2
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- Manual
I’m sorry, I know this has had to be covered before but in my searches of the forum so many articles came up every different way I searched, that I couldn’t find one. In the past I’ve done a lot of maintenance work and minor upgrades on my cars and trucks but I’ve never had to do this.
I’m building my first truck. I’ve installed all new steering complement from the pitman arm to putter tie rods and a 4” suspension lift. Now I need to install longer break hoses.
I read this post: https://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/ReplacementBrakeLine_Front.shtml
And I purchased the Raybestos 78-38622 and 78-38623 lines. This article led me to believe that these were a direct replacement with no mods needed.
Now I’m ready to install them and I can’t find any how to’s that cover the process for the ends closer to the frame. On the drivers side the factory tube looks to be a crimped into a hard line that goes into a cube looking fitting mounted to the frame. This cube block (pic attached) of metal has two hard pipes coming off it headed back and up toward the master cylinder. They are threaded into the block. The hose coming down towards the wheel looks pressure fit into it. I can’t find out how the clip fitting on the new line would ever connect to this.
The passenger side is less complicated but I don’t understand how the end of the new hose connects to that (closer to the engine) end either
The end at the caliper looks correct in both sides
I’m lucky as this truck has never left Southern California and has no rust so the hard lines look great.
I want to do this right and I appreciate the help.
I’m building my first truck. I’ve installed all new steering complement from the pitman arm to putter tie rods and a 4” suspension lift. Now I need to install longer break hoses.
I read this post: https://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/ReplacementBrakeLine_Front.shtml
And I purchased the Raybestos 78-38622 and 78-38623 lines. This article led me to believe that these were a direct replacement with no mods needed.
Now I’m ready to install them and I can’t find any how to’s that cover the process for the ends closer to the frame. On the drivers side the factory tube looks to be a crimped into a hard line that goes into a cube looking fitting mounted to the frame. This cube block (pic attached) of metal has two hard pipes coming off it headed back and up toward the master cylinder. They are threaded into the block. The hose coming down towards the wheel looks pressure fit into it. I can’t find out how the clip fitting on the new line would ever connect to this.
The passenger side is less complicated but I don’t understand how the end of the new hose connects to that (closer to the engine) end either
The end at the caliper looks correct in both sides
I’m lucky as this truck has never left Southern California and has no rust so the hard lines look great.
I want to do this right and I appreciate the help.
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