DRJDVM
Sep 3rd, 03, 01:31 PM
For all you guys out there that have the BAER brakes in th back.... how did you bend the hard lines and run the flexible lines to the calipers......i.e up and over the axle or under and up etc......I'm just trying to figure out the best way so as not to rub anything or be hanging down too low.....
I think I have a good way for the passenger side, but I'm having trouble with the drivers side
If anyone has good detail pix of how they did it I would appreciate it....
CarlC
Sep 3rd, 03, 06:57 PM
Mines not Baer but uses the same caliper.
The hardline runs in the stock position along the back of the axle tube all the way to the end, then bends upward, then back forward toward the front of the car. At this point the end of the tube is horizontal, pointed foward, and about an inch or so away from the axle tube end. A tab welded on to the axle tube at 12 0'clock with a hole to accept the end of the flexible lane/clip holds it all together.
Torker's is basically the same. There's a picture of his bracket on his website.
http://www.geocities.com/torkerscamaro/torker.html
DRJDVM
Sep 4th, 03, 07:17 AM
Thanks Carl.... I fgured the set-up for the CBB alot of people use would basically be the same.....
The pix on Torkers site helped, but there isnt a good pix of the lines on the drivers side.... I assume they are oriented the same.... i.e looped forward and then to the top of the axle
The BAER kit comes with the brake line retainer bracket that attaches to the axle.... I'm more trying to figure out which direction to run the flexible lines so they dont rub the wheels etc.....
CarlC
Sep 4th, 03, 07:19 PM
The picture on Torker's site toward the bottom on the LH side is the passenger side, top view, but the line routing is what the drivers side will look like. His does not show the 180* turn that is described below. In other words, just imagine that the picure is the drivers side. Your drivers side setup should be similar.
For the flex lines, both of us routed the lines back over the top of the axle tube. For the passenger side hardline that means putting a 180* bend so that it points toward the rear. In other words, the passenger side hardline for a rear caliper mount routes along the back of the axle tube, makes a 90* upward turn, a 90* forward turn, and a 180* on the top of the axle to get the line to face rearward. This is for a '68 car with the LH side caliper in the front, RH rear with the hardline routed in the stock position along the back of the axle tube. Torkers pics do not show this.
Try to clock the line in the bracket so that the flex line stays away from the rim. Twisting the flex line is a no-no, it's better to make a bracket to keep the lines clear.