Hey guys, after having premature failure with my old Earl's ss brake lines in this thread: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1798451 , I replaced 'em back to OE rubber ones, but I just couldn't settle for going back to the spongy feeling. So I purchased Goodridge ss lines.

Thing is, I think it could be possible that my rear right ss line failed prematurely due to the way I had the brake line mounted on the strut.

On OE set ups, and if I'm correct, on Koni's and various other aftermarket shocks, they have the brake adapters on them to accomodate routing of the brake line.

I previously had Omni's, which didn't have brake adapters, and now I'm running D2's which also doesn't have 'em. So for a while, I have been routing them the way they were supposed to be, however, I just used zip ties around the strut so the line wouldn't get in the way of anything.

My question is, those of you who have aftermarket suspension without the "brake adapters", how are you mounting them to the strut? Or are you just letting them be free?

I'm just tryin to see ideas to avoid unnecessary chafing.

If I didn't explain clear enough, I'll take pictures to explain better.

Thanks!

-Brandon

 

my koni yellows have nothing on them to accomidate the brake lines.

You can either

A) zip tie ur lines to the koni.

or

B) Hammer the OEM brake bracket off the OEM strut and hammer it on the koni.

Im running Russel ss lines on my eg and they have the plastic on the lines for the brakes to mount to the OEM bracket that i hammered onto the koni strut.

I wouldnt recommend the zip tie trick but sometimes its gotta be a substitue when **** happens...

 

What I did to protect against chafing was to split some rubber hose in half and wrap/ziptie around the SS lines.

hope that helps

 

I have mine zip tied as well. I have one zip tie around the shock so it's tight and another through that one wrapped around the brake line loose so the line can move but be held up away from the suspension or steering.
Does that make sense?

 

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Does that make sense?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes ! this gives the line the ability to move wich is a good idea...

 

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Does that make sense?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup! Makes perfect sense..

thanks all for the tips.