Ol Blue
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Arvada, CO
Does anyone have tips/tricks on how to route ARB air lines to the rear axle? I'd love to see pictures of how you did it.
Just swapped in one of the old Currie high pinion 9" rear axles that I found on Craigslist. The air bulkhead fitting is on the passenger side of the 3rd member and about halfway up the case but below the pinion. It points forward and is parallel to the ground. This puts the bulkhead fitting directly below the exhaust. I know a lot of people run the line down the driver side uniframe rail next to fuel and brake lines. But then going from the driver side uniframe to the passenger side of the 3rd member seems like it will cause issues. I would have to route the air line under the exhaust and over the pinion/driveshaft. Not sure how to keep the air line away from the exhaust and pinion/driveshaft while keeping enough slack for flexing. Thinking maybe a hose tender with a spring? Like what they use on semi trucks.
Still have leafs in the rear so running along a control arm is not an option. Compressor is in the stock airbox location. Seems like running down the passenger uniframe rail would be better at the rear axle. But that creates it own difficulty routing around the engine to the passenger uniframe rail.
Just swapped in one of the old Currie high pinion 9" rear axles that I found on Craigslist. The air bulkhead fitting is on the passenger side of the 3rd member and about halfway up the case but below the pinion. It points forward and is parallel to the ground. This puts the bulkhead fitting directly below the exhaust. I know a lot of people run the line down the driver side uniframe rail next to fuel and brake lines. But then going from the driver side uniframe to the passenger side of the 3rd member seems like it will cause issues. I would have to route the air line under the exhaust and over the pinion/driveshaft. Not sure how to keep the air line away from the exhaust and pinion/driveshaft while keeping enough slack for flexing. Thinking maybe a hose tender with a spring? Like what they use on semi trucks.
Still have leafs in the rear so running along a control arm is not an option. Compressor is in the stock airbox location. Seems like running down the passenger uniframe rail would be better at the rear axle. But that creates it own difficulty routing around the engine to the passenger uniframe rail.