I need a replacement steel brake line for the rear axle

Where can I find a steel line to replace one on the rear or will I need to make one or have one custom?

What year? Dealer or most parts houses will carry back at least 10 years.

Sarge

Boneyard.

I paid $2 for the short side a couple of weeks ago.

Sarge said:

What year? Dealer or most parts houses will carry back at least 10 years.

Sarge

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Well the rear is a 87 Dana 44?

tompatjr said:

Well the rear is a 87 Dana 44?

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Well that's interesting. I had to replace the short side on MY 87 Dana44. Damn thing froze up in the brass fitting on the flexible line. I pulled the short side off of a D35. Not exactly the same bends, but it worked.

karstic said:

Well that's interesting. I had to replace the short side on MY 87 Dana44. Damn thing froze up in the brass fitting on the flexible line. I pulled the short side off of a D35. Not exactly the same bends, but it worked.

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I need the long side, I might try the one on off my D35 first. It maybe close enough to work.

I'm using the lines from my 8.25 on my D44. I ended up retapping the breather hole to accept the 8.25 junction block as well.

My dealership is, I think, one of the best for parts. They were a Jeep dealer before Chrysler bought Jeep, so it's not a Chrysler/Plymouth dealer who now also sells a couple of Jeeps. They do NOT stock factory hard brake lines. The parts department stocks standard lengths, and they make 'em up to fit what's needed. I don't think you can even order factory hard lines.

There are two companies who advertise these in the 4x4 magazines. One is Classic Tubing, I can't recall the name of the other. I ordered a set of rear lines for a D44 axle. They told me they had a template. Tubes came, and weren't even close to being a match. I think they must have been for an older full-size Cherokee with the wide wheel option. Sent them back, with my originals, and they remade them. They did NOT return my originals, so I now have no template, even though I specifically asked them to return the old ones and they said they would. And I ate the cost of shipping the bad ones (with my old lines) back to them.

I don't recall which company I used, but someone else on here had the exact same experience with the other company, so the one is as good/bad as the other. The only advantage to having them make them is the spring wrap gravel guard. For the cost, I would not do it again. Just go to AutoZone, buy standard lengths a bit longer than what you need, and invest the money you saved in a good double flaring tool so you can cut the new tubes down to the length you need and reflare the cut end.

any parts store carries brake lines in several lengths....