After fighting the kingpins and wrestling with the I-beams, I find that I gave away a valuable part of my parts truck...the brake line brackets. I would be much further along if I'd stop doing STUPID things.
Does anyone have a set of brackets for a fellow fron end fighter?
jck
UGH! The brake line brackets are different
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jck_in_nc
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UGH! The brake line brackets are different
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lobuck76
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re: UGH! The brake line brackets are different
Always one more trip to the salvage. One bracket is bolted on, and the other is riveted. It's easier to get the bolted bracket off two different trucks.
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jck_in_nc
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re: UGH! The brake line brackets are different
...so the left and right side brackets are interchangable?
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re: UGH! The brake line brackets are different
I hope you don't come behind me, I beat the drivers side one out of the way so I can get the steeing box bolt.
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re: UGH! The brake line brackets are different
Yes, the two brackets are identical and are interchangeable.
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jck_in_nc
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re: UGH! The brake line brackets are different
I tried to make the drum brackets work for hours before I went back and read the article again. I'm sure Keith knows.
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re: UGH! The brake line brackets are different
The holes for the brake lines are different. IIRC the drum brake brackets have a star-shape hole and the disc brake brackets have more of a squared-off oval. (I'm just going by memory here, so I might be wrong.) Also the disc brake brackets extend out a little farther.
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My '67 restoration video
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The hole is different.