Rear Brakes Istallation - Made Better

We'd decided to upgrade the original rear brake drum configuration with an EMPI disc brake kit.... Once the calipers were mounted, the location of the inlet of the brake line into the caliper bothered me. As you can see from the pictures below the inlet is located on the rear of the the caliper. I had a concern that a brake hose exposed like this could be damaged by something.

So.... last night my brother Dave came over to see if we could engineer a better solution. After some healthy debate/discussion we agreed that a longer hose was not the best answer to the problem. He came up with a better plan & we took a quick run to the auto parts store. We bought the pieces & parts we needed.

After a quick stop for some steak & cheese "grinders" we went back to the garage and went back to work. Dave bent up a short section of brake line to get it around to the front of the caliper. Then we attached the short section of brake hose (to allow the caliper to move) and a union the male end of the hose to another section of brake line and fit it to the stock brake hose.

I think the result looks good, is a robust installation that will perform well and last.

Tomorrow the front end brakes!