Technical Making my own fuel/brake line brackets

If anyone has followed along with my builds up to this point they know I've about hand fab'd everything, frame, frame xmembers, headlight stands, grille etc.

So when it came time to mount gas and brake lines the brackets wouldn't be any different! I couldn't find any brackets that fit what I wanted, factory looking, simple, small and in the sizes I needed. So I made a bracket by hand shaping and liked the out come. Well not really sure how many I would need once the job was done I decided to build a jig.

I wanted to be able to use a jig that was fast to use, easy to use, simple and repeatable. It worked out great. I cut some 5/8" x 4-1/2" long strips of 20 Guage sheet metal for the brackets, built the jig out of a piece of 2"x 2-1/4" x 1/4" strap. Then I used a 1-3/4" long pieces of 3/16" & 3/8" round rod for the gas and brake lines.

I spaced the rods up off of the 1/4" plate the same thickness of the 20 gauge straps and welded them to the plate. Next up I built a little anvil that taps the strip down around the 3/16" rod.

Once it was done all that's required is slide the 20 gauge strip down under the rods, slide it up tight against the upper stop I welded on, then by hand roll the strip over the big 3/8" rod, then take the anvil and a hammer and tap the strip on down around the smaller 3/16" rod.

Once that's done, slide the strip/now bracket off of the jig, cut the excess of the strip off of the top of the bracket to match the length of the original leg of the bracket that you had against the stop. Drill a hole for your bolt and either paint or plasti-dip!

Takes me about 3 minutes to bend and shape the brackets minus drilling the hole.

So my jig met all my criteria ! Easy to build, easy to use, fast and repeatable!!

Here's some pics !

 

They look great. Nice simple idea for the jig.

 

I was thinking "why waste your time" until I scrolled down and saw they were cool "double brackets"

Well done!!! [you win the "chocolate fish" this week]

 

Neat cool thinking ,
On your way to be a
"""Coach Builder ""

 

Thanks guys !!

Used it again today, I needed another clamp !!

 

I was there with Kerrinzi and then like him saw the end product. Slick as all get out.

 

Nice job!

 

Very cool

 

Very spiffy.

 

I'm sitting here thinking you guys have way too much time on your hands, but damned if it didn't come out very nice! Good job!

 

very nice

 

What's going on with the frame for it to go from horizontal to nearly vertical? Is it on its side?

 

isn't it just the widening?

 

Great idea and excellent execution. Just another approach that I've used in the past, is to take two regular line clamps, orient one up and one down, and secure them with one fastener.



I love using these combination drill taps. For this application I generally use a 10-32 machine screw, which is fine enough that you can tap frame rails and have enough meat to not worry about stripping the threads. Just fire one of these bad boys in the impact driver and you can make fast work of securing lines by combining your drilling and tapping operation.

 

I wish I'd have thought of that idea Now if I can just remember it if I need to make clips, really slick!!

 

@GordonC they don't make a clamp like that in the sizes I needed. So it was make one or try to figure something else out. This turned out to be the best way for me.

@57JoeFoMoPar I looked at those but I needed the lines closer together to fit between the crossmembers. I wanted to keep the lines as straight as possible, I like looking down and seeing fuel, brake etc. lines running straight down a straight frame rail, don't care seeing lines curving up and down to clear stuff unless absolutely necessary.

@sgtlethargic yes the frame is setting on the side, easier to drill holes. That picture is the rear kick up area over the rear axle...


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Awesome! I've been looking for the exact same thing!

 

Great tech and love the fixture thanks for sharing

 

Dare I say it - yea I will
“ The only thing slack about you is yer looks”
Nicely done Sir - continue onward

 

Slick! Now I have to make one...

 

Nice job !!

 

Thanks for sharing Your idea . Looks great .

 

Just a brief update !

I took the clamps, added a couple coats of spray on plasti-dip inside and out. Let that cure a couple days then a couple coats of satin black dupli-color spray bomb to match the powder coating and to seal the pours of the plasti-dip. Installed just to see how well they looked.

Love it ! They do exactly what I wanted. Hold the lines parallel, non-intrusive, fit the lines straight thru the crossmembers and the best part ? They almost totally dissappear!!

I like the clean, subtle look and I got it, still need to straighten and align both lines....

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Those are great I dig home made and low buck that is why a huge percent of folks are here at this site.