This one tiny project has been waiting to be finished for too long now. It seems like it should be straightforward, but I could use a little inspiration here I guess.
I have the Moser built 9" with DSEs quadralink setup. There is a panhard bar, coilovers, and a big sheetmetal center section to the axle. The problem is that there are no holes or brackets to mount brake lines too. I'm being a little timid about drilling, screwing, welding brackets to the nicely powdercoated axle housing.
Does anyone have a picture of how their brake lines run from caliper to caliper on one of these setups?
My setup is Corvette rear calipers mounted onto the previously mentioned axle. And thats about it right now. I have some flex lines for the calipers, but I probably don't really need them. Nothing moves around back there. Or am I missing something here?
How about fabbing up a small bracket that mounts to one of the 3rd member studs?
I think thats going to be the plan for the center Tee fitting. I'll likely do that. But anchoring the other end of the lines to the axle tubes will be interesting. There are some places to drill holes and put some tabs on the shock mount areas. I just don't really like the idea of randomly drilling my own holes. Seems like something that DSE might have thought about when they built the axle assembly. Maybe I'm expecting too much. I was just hoping for some ideas from people who have done it.
If its already powdercoated then your kind of limited to some type of bolt on bracket. The bear kits included the holding tabs that can be mounted using worm gear clamps but the clamps aren't very appealing. The brake Tee could be easily fastened to the top of the housing where the third member studs are.
Which Corvette calipers are you running in the rear? The C3 4-piston calipers are fixed and have an SAE port, so you don't need to run hoses with those. The C4, C5, C6(Z51) and C6 Z06 calipers all have 10mm banjo connections, so a hose is typically the easiest from a routing standpoint. Plus, I like to be able to remove the caliper from the rotor in order to pull an axle shaft or swap pads without having to break into the hydraulics if at all possible.
Good point Tobin. I ran mine with a junction block and bracket at the gear cover and no other tether points but the calipers are fixed. My brake lines are also behind the axle. I would have preferred they were tethered but there weren't any good options but some welding on my brand new painted rear end. If I have any problems, I'll be the first to let you know. I am beating the piss out of her every chance I get. LOL
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Brake line routing on a DSE quadralink 9" axle
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