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Finished the conversion. Now just waiting for the 17" rims to be painted and buffed with the new tires. Came out nice but the final step is not dun. THE TEST DRIVE and adjustments.





I always rebuild my own calipers.

I spend money I don't have, To build  cars I don't need, To impress people I don't know

HAVE YOU DRIVEN A FORD LATELY!!

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Reply #1 –
Looks good, what is the purpose of the coil up tubing there in picture one?

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Reply #2 –
Tom can correct me if need be, but that coil in the line is there to give the  brake line some "flex". It is much more common on full frame vehicles for the extra twist and flex between the body and frame.

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Reply #3 –
Quote from: bodyman;417058
Tom can correct me if need be, but that coil in the line is there to give the  brake line some "flex". It is much more common on full frame vehicles for the extra twist and flex between the body and frame.


100% and i always add a twist no matter what. That is one of my signatures.
I spend money I don't have, To build  cars I don't need, To impress people I don't know

HAVE YOU DRIVEN A FORD LATELY!!

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Reply #4 –
I used to make my line coils by holding a 2.5" cutoff on the pipe bender and wrapping around that.  4 wraps and a 90 in/90 out.  Always looked nice.  As I recall, it's purpose was explained to me as it being a means to maintain the integrity of the connection between the frame lines and the MC if there were to be an accident that caused the cab to shift or break away from the frame.
Can't remember the last time I did caliper kits, either.  Maybe it's been 10 years.  The first shop I worked in did them on every brake job, I don't think I can ever forget how to do them.

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Reply #5 –
Well rebuilding calipers is another DEAD ART. Getting kits is a c. A lot of caliper kits are being eliminated. Not only by the dealers also in the aftermarket. This is why mechanics today are PART CHANGERS and that is not good. Mechanics today just throw parts at an issue.  Last week JR had a problem with a trunk on a Nissan 350Z. It would not lock shut all the time (intermittent). He ordered a latch and same thing it would not latch all the time. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! He asked me to look at it. Sure enough the actuator was sticking and holding the latch release arm  in the open position. So i took the actuator apart and fixed it. Now he explained to me that he was going to order a new actuator. Good call and i agreed. But he called the dealer and they sent him the wrong one 3 times. By VIN verification i might add. So after the fourth time the correct part came and it was 397 BUCKS LIST!!! So he came to me and said DAD if that was my car i would have left in the one you repaired. But you cant do that on a customers car in reality. Moral to the story is i knew what broke on the original actuator and fixed it and in turn now i know why it was intermittent. All JR knows was the actuator was held in by 2 bolts and paid a lot of money to a dealer. He still does not know what happened to the actuator ???? And how i fixed it. But being a parts changer is where it is at TODAY. PITY!!!
I spend money I don't have, To build  cars I don't need, To impress people I don't know

HAVE YOU DRIVEN A FORD LATELY!!
 

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Reply #6 –
I have to chime in,,
i was specifically told a very long time ago,, from an older wrench at a shop in the late 80's that the coils are for two reasons,
the primary reason for the coils is to add length in the tubing so the inrush of fluid into the line is more regulated.  he compared it to a water line engineered rating and the associated engineered PSI.
the formula for calculating PSI includes variables of pipe diameter and distance.

a secondary advantage he did include was maintaining a connection if a collision happend...


i agree wtih the other stuff you said,, im glad my boys are curious enough to take stuff apart and fix it.
I wish i could find that mid 1950's popular science article about engineers perspective on how long things last and how that could negatively effect the nation in general.
an idea that moved us up 10 fold to become a nation of consumers.  The guilt factor has kicked in full swign so we have to feel good by "going green" while our secret life is actually very wasteful.