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I made the crossover line for the rear brakes (right side) this morning took me about an hour and a half carefully bending and test fitting, what a pia! I was determined to get it over the top , it was 50/50 top or bottom route. I found that a 1/2" deep socket works well for the tight bends at the ends

Very nice job!

They do make a tube bender for the small 3/16TH lines, it makes very nice tight bends. I am always afraid to kink the line using anything else.

Thanks buckshot it was worth the effort 👌

Fast I did use my tubing bender for some of it but the ends were the tricky part, you have to tweak them a bit that's where the socket came in handy.

Wont you run the rick of trapping air with the line going over the hub instead of under making it hard to bleed?

Mike B

The original route was over the top so that's what I did, DougH6100 ran his on the bottom which should pose no issues. His brake line and mine have far less drastic bends, that's why I say it's 50/50 ether way . Ether way air is forced downhill in my opinion