8.8 swap brake question

[mileshigh]

guys i just put a 97 8.8 with disc in my 1990 cherokee and have gotten everything set up with the exception of hooking the rear brakes up. What do you do about making the explorers brake lines work with the cherokees?

 

[TheGriz]

I took the T-Splitter off my Jeep axle and put it on my 8.8. Then I bought some new hardlines and ran them out to the ends of the axle (to some short flex lines which connect to the calipers).

 

[dfvaulter]

I reused the soft line with the T fitting to get to the axle, then I bought new hard lines and bent them by hand to get about 4 inches from the end of the axle tube. Then I used an Explorer passenger side rear soft line on both sides to go from the hard line to the caliper.

 

[Rob]

I used the T-fitting from the D35, made new hard lines to the caliper soft hoses, replaced the drivers side soft hose with a passenger side from an Explorer, I did have to extend the hard line along the frame, so I could use the stock D35 T fitting, all this required was a coupling and a short section of pre made brake lines.