Front brake hose

Bob T · BRANTFORD, ONT

Front brake hose

hemi43 · ONTARIO

NAPA will/should have a book behind the counter that will have this cross reference info. Maybe Poncho can confirm this.

427CARL · CLINTON, ONT

Bob T wrote:
I need a part no. or a yr & make for a front brake hose with a 10 m.m. end [ g.m. caliper] , aprox. 18 inches in length 3/16 other end. Thanks

Speedway has a item you describe and refers only to 78-88 GM close as I can find

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/DOT-Braided-Stainless-Brake-Hoses-1978-88-GM-10mm-15,5059.html

Lightspeed Mike · BELLEVILLE, ONT

yep, try speedway, I went through that when I did my truck. All the GM hoses are too short.

Bob T · BRANTFORD, ONT

Thanks

31 Blackrat · WATERDOWN, ONT

John Stuart brake on millin road in stoney creek helped me large when I was doing the brakes on my coupe,,

31 Blackrat · WATERDOWN, ONT

Napa is good if you know exactly what you need,,,ie,,break caliper,,does it have air conditioning???????or talk to one one of the old guys but most of them are dead,,its fun to talk to the young hotys behind the counter but they have a lot to learn,,

Rochie · LONDON, ONT

Bob,
Sorry I just read this. Talk to the boys at Inline tube in Michigan. They have everything including adaptors, stainless braided hose, all that kinda stuff AND they know their s***. They are located just south of 23 mile rd

Here's the website www.inlinetube.com

-- Edited by Rochie on Monday 5th of May 2014 09:05:20 AM

-- Edited by Rochie on Monday 5th of May 2014 09:05:52 AM

Rustynuts · MAGNETAWAN, ONT

I need the same hose for a disc conversion I am doing on the 57 poncho......any luck finding them in Canada?

slim · DUNDAS, ONT

Ill check fluid line in burlington today . sure they can make it but there prices are crazy

DB Cooper · ONTARIO

I used a "big brake GM bolt pattern" brake kit for my factory Mustang II spindles (kit bought from Hortons when Paul still owned it) and if I remember right, it uses S10 rotors and '78-'88 style GM calipers (GM A/G body). The factory GM A/G body hoses are very short. I used a braided line kit in place of the rubber hoses.

-- Edited by DB Cooper on Tuesday 6th of May 2014 07:51:15 AM

58Chev · ETOBICOKE, ONT

Back when I owned a LIFTED JEEP, after converting from drums to disks. We would have to get the hoses custom made or find a larger truck that had longer hoses.

www.offroaddesign.com/catalog/braidedbrakelines.htm

check this place out, but they are not cheap.

hemi43 · ONTARIO

I don't understand why you Guys are having such a difficult time findings brake hoses. Any reputable speed shop carries these as well as different sized banjo fittings.

DaveM · ONTARIO

Allstar Performance.

Rustynuts · MAGNETAWAN, ONT

looks like this is what we are after;
www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performance-Products/555/635300/10002/-1

Rustynuts · MAGNETAWAN, ONT

Rustynuts wrote:
looks like this is what we are after;
www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performance-Products/555/635300/10002/-1

45.00 plus more for shipping/brokerage so forget that. I did find a 25" line from a 88-98 chevy 2 wd truck. Its 10mm and 3/16"

Keeper · OSHAWA, ONT

Performance Improvements will carry everything you need for this. Its where I picked up all my stuff.

You just need the adapters for each end. Then you buy the braided brake lines separate. Easy.

hemi43 · ONTARIO

Keeper wrote:
Performance Improvements will carry everything you need for this. Its where I picked up all my stuff.

You just need the adapters for each end. Then you buy the braided brake lines separate. Easy.

Living in Oshawa, you should be going to Pro Street. Awesome Guys, and way, way cheaper than Performance or Karbelt.

DB Cooper · ONTARIO

Keeper wrote:

You just need the adapters for each end. Then you buy the braided brake lines separate. Easy.

I don't think I have any adapters on my braided lines to the calipers. As far as I can recall, they came with the correct ends already on them. I don't remember how pricey they were as the car was put together 10 or so years ago, but the stainless flex line kit was easy to find back then.

Keeper · OSHAWA, ONT

hemi43 wrote:
Keeper wrote:
Performance Improvements will carry everything you need for this. Its where I picked up all my stuff.

You just need the adapters for each end. Then you buy the braided brake lines separate. Easy.
Living in Oshawa, you should be going to Pro Street. Awesome Guys, and way, way cheaper than Performance or Karbelt.

Where are they located?

Keeper · OSHAWA, ONT

DB Cooper wrote:
Keeper wrote:

You just need the adapters for each end. Then you buy the braided brake lines separate. Easy.

I don't think I have any adapters on my braided lines to the calipers. As far as I can recall, they came with the correct ends already on them. I don't remember how pricey they were as the car was put together 10 or so years ago, but the stainless flex line kit was easy to find back then.

Yeah you can find the ones with the correct ends. I think Earls (or maybe Russel) is the company that makes them. But in my case it was easier to buy the ends separate. That way if I bought the wrong length line, I could just replace the line itself. Plus with piecing it together I could swap the ends out for some offset ones on the caliper. I think the kits used to run around $120. I do not think I paid that much putting mine together.

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-- Edited by Keeper on Tuesday 6th of May 2014 07:14:37 PM

hemi43 · ONTARIO

Keeper wrote:
Living in Oshawa, you should be going to Pro Street. Awesome Guys, and way, way cheaper than Performance or Karbelt.

Where are they located?

http://www.prostreetautomotive.com/

1751 Wentworth St #8, Whitby, ON L1N 8V5
(905) 432-1304

https://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=Pro+Street+Performance&fb=1&gl=ca&hq=pro+street+performance&cid=10062080529536240509&ei=AHVpU-fbBM6xyATDz4GgCA&ved=0CKcBEPwSMA4

-- Edited by hemi43 on Tuesday 6th of May 2014 07:52:00 PM

Bob T · BRANTFORD, ONT

Rustynuts Most G.M. hoses are to short. The 25 in. pickup/van hoses are to long. Going to try John Stuart in Stony Creek tomorrow.I would like to stick .with orig. O.E.M. Speedway has them for $22 u.s. plus plus. Braded steel lines are available [Performance Improvements] I've used them before but not the look I'm after. Thanks for every ones input . I'll post what I find.i

Bob T · BRANTFORD, ONT

Update.. Used 84 Chev. Caprice front brake hoses NAPA 36846. Their only 10 in. long so brackets were relocated and brake lines lengthened. If I had more time I would have ordered 617 8569 from Speedway. Their 15 inches long. This is a 51 Merc so I wanted to use rubber lines vs braided steel. This was a disc brake kit ordered from POL. They had no answer as to why I was sent the wrong brake hoses and wouldn't correct the problem. Said I was sent right ones -- B.S. In addition I found a crack in my frame where a motor mount was welded on . I patched it well enough to get it to someone who properly welded it. I highly recommend Tom Hough at Hough Automotive in Brantford. He's a hot rodder who appreciates what we try to do.