Longer brake lines

[John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>]

>Steve Stegmann says,
>I put the Softride 2" on the rear axle yesterday.  Went pretty well
>except that I had to get the two sleeves out of the frame holes at the 
>top of the shackles.  BTW  this is 2" over stock.  My Scout came up 4.5 
>inches.  Looks like its on the wheel ramps when on level ground.
>At full droop on the axle, the rear brake hose is stretched tight.  I'm 
>going to see if I can bend the mounting of the top end of the hose.  It 
>only needs to be a half inch longer or so.  If I can just change the 
>direction of the top end from horizontal to "pointed down" it should 
>work.  

Isn't that interesting that my brake lines are no problem, and you as 
well as others have had to deal with to-the-max brake lines when 
installing a lesser lift. I wonder if anyone can account for that. No, 
it's not my memory, these are the original hoses. 

John H.