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I noticed some questions on how I relocated the rear brake line when installing the factory lightning rear sway bar. Hopefully this will make it a little bit more clear for everyone wanting to try this mod.

Maybe the mods could add this to the original thread?

When you install the drivers side u-bolt and sway bar mount there is some interference with the factory brake lines. I found it necessary to relocate the brake line distribution block away from the axle tube. Once this was done installation of the sway was pretty straight forward.

I imagine that you could probably bend the snot out of the lines to clear the sway bar hardware, but this solution seemed much cleaner and straight forward.

I basically started with an 1/8" thick piece of bar stock that was roughly 2 3/4" long x 1 1/8" wide. I then placed two holes ~ 7/16" dia. 1 3/4" apart (on center). I off set one of the holes so it would be slightly toward the driver side. (You could probably just rotate the bracket more if you drilled both holes on the centerline of the bracket) This was done to help the rubber brake line clear the axle vent tube.

Next pull the axle vent hose off the nipple. Unscrew the vent tube nipple from the axle tube, and the brake line distribution block should come loose.

Now find your self a metal shock bushing sleeve or something with similar measurements of ~5/8" OD, ~15/32" ID and 11/16" tall. The shock sleeve that I am talking about usually comes with the install hardware in offroad style shocks. This "spacer" will take the place of the thickness of the soon to be relocated brake line distribution block.

With your spacer and vent tube nipple in hand, bolt your fabricated bracket to the axle tube.

Next move the brake line distribution block over the lower hole of your fabricated bracket. Find yourself a 7/16" x 1 1/2" bolt with a flat washer and nylock nut. Some careful massaging of the brake lines will provide enough movement to center everything over the second hole in the relocation bracket. Install the bolt with the washer on top of the brake distribution block and the nut on the bottom.

This should provide you enough clearance to bolt the driver side sway bar bracket up with out and further modification or problem.

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