1988 Jeep comanche AKA the penny sniffer

[mudtoy67]

If you don't want to relocate the shock mounts, I would suggest boxing in the bottom side so the entire mount can't get tweaked.

Your brake lines are also in some danger. I rotated mine on the caliper so they go up instead of back...

Finishing up the rear axle

I made new brake lines. Replaced the driver's side explorer brake hose with a second passenger side brake hose. The driver hose on the explorer is a double hose combining the frame to axle hose with the axle to caliper hose. I picked up a hose from a 77 F150 for the new frame to axle hose.

I also rotated the hoses on the brake calipers. From the factory the explorer brake calipers have the hose facing backward. This made for an awkward bend in the hose to mount it where I wanted on the axle. I cut a groove the width of a sawzall blade in the tab on the caliper using the hose end as a guide. This was just the perfect amount to rotate the caliper hose upward and still be rotationally locked by the tab on the caliper.



cut


rotated


finished

Nice work on everything.