Confused with 71 rear brake lines.

[timsz]

As in pic, the stainless hose is hanging from where it is held in place with the clips. Does one end of the hard line connect to the stainless end and the other end of the hard line go into the port, as in pic, on the wheel, hub assembly ? If you do it that way, it seems like there's a lot of xtra line. Is that the right way to do it ? Thank you very much.

[grannyknot]

That's correct, hard line goes from the wheel cylinder at the bottom backing plate to the top of the backing plate, flexible SS line connects to it, SS line connects to hard line on the body of the car.

Make sure when you tighten up the second fitting on the SS line that the line is not twisted or looped and bent away from the tire. If the SS line has been measured properly it should give you a good amount of slack at full droop but not enough to interfere at full bounce.

Chris

[esmit208]

1 hour ago, grannyknot said:

That's correct, hard line goes from the wheel cylinder at the bottom backing plate to the top of the backing plate, flexible SS line connects to it, SS line connects to hard line on the body of the car.

Make sure when you tighten up the second fitting on the SS line that the line is not twisted or looped and bent away from the tire. If the SS line has been measured properly it should give you a good amount of slack at full droop but not enough to interfere at full bounce.

Chris

Be sure to use the two piece clip mounted by the factory on the frame. If you don' t use it the tire could rub through it like mine did. With some creative routing any (slack) can be easily managed towards the center of the car.