Axel brake line @ hose bracket

[Chris Greenley]

Need to move back a half inch back to clear the exhaust do I just drill out the 3 dots grind spots and tack weld

it back in

 

[NOT A TA]

Have you considered switching to the bracket that bolts on using one of the rear cover bolts? Would give you more room for exhaust and you'd eliminate the bracket in your pic. Pic below is of a 12 bolt, but 10 bolt is similar, the bracket is just over a little bit. Lines in pic are set up for disc brakes so if you have drums you'd just run solid tubing to the wheel cylinders along the axle tube.

 

[John Wright]

Chris, be careful if you plan to drill out those spot welds. You don't want to get too far into the axle tube. You might try using something like a thin chisel that you can work underneath the bracket and pop those spot welds loose.

 

[Chris Greenley]

Have you considered switching to the bracket that bolts on using one of the rear cover bolts? Would give you more room for exhaust and you'd eliminate the bracket in your pic. Pic below is of a 12 bolt, but 10 bolt is similar, the bracket is just over a little bit. Lines in pic are set up for disc brakes so if you have drums you'd just run solid tubing to the wheel cylinders along the axle tube.

Thanks will consider

 

[mrfleet12]

Chisel is what I used, made a bracket to bolt to the cover on my 10 bolt, on my nine inch kinda did the same thing. Leaves you more room for pipes. Shorten one line and replace the other.

 

[badazz81z28]

Need to move back a half inch back to clear the exhaust do I just drill out the 3 dots grind spots and tack weld View attachment 143491 it back in

To be safe, I would just grind it off and make a custom bracket to replace it. Years ago I converted this type of brake routing to the early 70s style

 

[1978 Z/28]

I bought these brackets and used a hose clamp to hold them in place

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