You could just cut your brake line with a tubing cutter. Take the current fitting off and slide a new one on that you can work with to connect to a union. Then reflare the line.

Tubing cutter and flare tool shouldn't be over $50 combined and even Home Depot carries them.

I don't know what the Fabtech kit comes with, but personally I would install stainless braided brake lines from the rigid frame mounted line/fitting to the caliper.

 

Looking good bro....hopefully you got some sleep last night. You'll be able to think better and not be so stressed out. Like everyone is saying, I'm sure you you can just run to the local parts store and get the brake line you need. So get to the store.....I wanna see this thing done


BREW

 

I guess Josiah passed out on us. LOL

Sure these trucks are heavy but trust me, its possible to roll them around on jacks.

 

Wake up Josiah!!!
I want more pictures!

 

I've never installed a lift kit before, but I've lowered cars and trucks. It ain't something I'd even think about trying at home, since I got access to air tools and a lift. Working on the ground with hand tools? Pfft, that crap's for the birds.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

 

No kidding. I put lifts on a few trucks when I was young in the driveway with handtools; then always had to fix them the same way because I'd break stuff offroad.

Then I started working as a tchnician in the Ford Crash Development Center, changing prototype parts on prototype vehicles before they were crash tested. Of course we had lifts and all the tools you could imagine. Also, these vehicles were BRAND new out of the Ford Pilot Plant, so everything was clean. I got very spoiled! I could replace an engine, trans, frame, suspension, body, etc. and not get as dirty as I do just changing my oil now.

 

Haha, Thump and Tard, I just woke up. I gotta take a shower and then I'll be out there finishing up. I did pass out ;P

I bent the metal lines for the brakes so they would fit, it shall be a temporary fix. God forbid I lose fluid on a trip. I have the front impact struts to put on and the front is done. After that, the entire rear has to be assembled (should be cake). All I have is basic hand tools so if you're pretty good with your hands and you don't have much other than wrenches, ratchets, hammer, large crescent wrench, torque wrench (to torque the bolts to proper ft lbs), you should be able to accomplish this. I might be forgetting something but it will come to me later. It's quite a bit of work for me and completely different than lowering a truck. I'll get you guys pics as soon as I come back in

I'm going to get a vid of it rolling out of the garage for the first time.

 

I can't wait, after all your damn talk its finally happening!!

 

I'm going back out into that jungle of a garage, I'll be back with pics and/or problems.

 

I cant wait to see it done. We need pics!!

 

Josiah don't make me slap you! Get those pics up now. Its like every week one of us is getting a Fabtech or lift put on. Great progress.

 

Whew!!! I was beginning to think the truck fell on you and you were trapped! It's not like you to not post for so long! lol


Ah man you don't have a fire wrench (acetylene torch set)? That would have become your best friend... it makes taking off those old rusty stubborn bolts off a piece of cake.

 

Heating suspension parts with a torch is a bad idea.

 

That reminds me... anyone installing their own body lift: it would behoove you to have access to a set of torches. The body bolts are loctited to the max. Also, since the anti rotation portion of the body mounts is soft rubber sometimes a 600ft.lb. impact gun won't get them out either.

Heat the bolts up and hit them with an impact... they'll fly out! Just don't touch them!

 

Only if it has a bushing or other sort of soft damping material. Right? Now that I think about it. Almost all the bolts involved in putting a lift on these new trucks would have a bushing... basically all they're doing is dropping the LCA.

Sorry, I was thinking about the good old I-beam days. All those damn rivets that needed to be removed from the frame... you kind of needed a set of torches.