wilwoods and factory lines.. whats needed?

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

Stainless braided caliper hoses, if I get the factory replacement how do I hook the end up to the caliper. I believe its a banjo and the caliper is 1/8"-27 npt. Unless I can order a factory style hose with a 1/8"-27npt end. Or do what?

and would it be ok to hardline the rear end from caliper/caliper or must you use flexible hose for the calipers?

 

[LS6 Tommy]

i used the Russel DOT lines on the front for my GM calipers & fabbed up new braided fles lines from the caliper to the hard lines on the rear axle. Visit your local race parts shop. They should have all the AN fittings & line you need to fab up new front & rear flex lines for the npt front & rear calipers.

Tommy

 

[10secBu]

Are you using stock calipers or is this a Wilwood drag style brake caliper?

If it's a stock caliper, most of the braided line companies offer a banjo adapter for the caliper. It's a piece that bolts to the caliper with a banjo bolt & two crush washers and gives a #3 AN fitting (90 degrees to the caliper) to attach a standard teflon lined brake hose. There's also adapters to bolt to the stock frame brackets an adapt from the 3/8-24 inverted flare hard line to the #3 AN flex line.

If it's a Wilwood caliper, it should have a 1/8" NPT port with a 1/8" NPT to #3 AN steel adapter threaded in. You simply get a #3 telfon lined hose and bolt to the caliper (straight end or 90 degree end). Choose the proper end so the brake line doesn't rub anything during suspension movement and turning the wheel. Again, use the frame adapter mentioned above.

I did not use stock length hoses on mine as they didn't see to fit my install properly.

IIRC, I used all Earl's stuff as they had a forged 90 degree hose end compared to the weaker 90 bent tube style hose end.

Make sure you use all steel fittings for brake line applications.

hth
Todd

 

[10secBu]

Here's an example of the hose I used. Not the length or anything, but the same forged 90 degree end, etc.

http://www.holley.com/63011714ERL.asp

Hose line page http://www.holley.com/types/Speed-Flex%20Lines.asp

adapters http://www.holley.com/types/Hyperfirm%20Brake%20Line%20Components.asp

banjo bolts http://www.holley.com/types/Hyperfirm%20Brake%20Line%20Banjo%20Bolts.asp

Summit may even carry these parts, just look at Earl's online catalog for the part numbers you need, then look up on Summit's site to see if they stock it. I don't remember exactly if that's where my stuff came from or not.

 

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

yes its a wilwood drag setup

it sounds like from what you said I gotta piece it together right? So a stock replacement braided line wont adapt to the 1/8" pipe caliper with any fittings because of the banjo bolt?

and I seen a pic of your rear with the hardline caliper to caliper. You dont see any problems with it that way? Most do a piece of braided to the calipers

 

[10secBu]

Is this for front or rear brakes?

I had assumed front.

If rear, then you can get a 1/8" NPT to 3/8-24 inverted flare adapter to be abe to use hard lines like I did.

 

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

both Todd, I'm doing front/rear