The tall spindles are on the '69 Chevelle and everything looks great. There is a problem getting the right brake hose though.

The spindles and calipers are off of a '79 Caprice wagon. Rotors are 12". The brake hose goes upward from the caliper now, but if I remember right they used to go down from the original 11" caliper then up to the frame, making the hose a U shape. As it is now the hose would need to go up from the caliper, make an S shape then finish by going back up to the frame. Also, I'm not sure what hose has the correct fittings on both ends. I found a suggestion on the internet of using a hose off a '78 Olds Custom Cruiser, but that doesn't have the correct hex-shaped connection at the frame, and is a couple of inches too short anyway.

I really don't like the S-shape hose idea. I think it should be a U-shape (maybe upside down U). Is this right? What do I need to do?

Thanks,
Ken

Ken, I recently did the tall spindle conversion on my 68.
I had got the spindles, new 12" rotors and new calipers in the deal. Make a long story short I didn't use the calipers I had gotten. I used calipers from a 70 Chevelle. The inlet that the first calipers' hoses were angled at had the funky S shape. If your original calipers are good they will work.
With the 70 Chevelle calipers I used hoses from a 69 disc brake Camaro. They also fit the original brake hose brackets on the frame from my old drum brakes.

The hoses I used are DOT approved braided stainless. They were just a few bucks more then the standard hoses from a local store. They came from The Right Stuff. Dave is the guy to turn me on to the Camaro hoses. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Same as above, I used the Chevelle calipers. If I remember correctly, the hoses from a 82-91 Camaro is about 19" long and may work. It was either try those hoses or go with the calipers that I know would work so I went with the calipers.

Peter

Thanks for the replies. I have retrieved the '69 calipers and will try them on the tall spindle this weekend.

Ken

Ditoo to use the Chevelle stock calipers... they work great and use the stock hoses!

BC