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Originally Posted by Scarebird
I am assuming it is not our kit because we weld soft line tabs on every rear kit that can use them.
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There you go. That is what I was grousing about with the kit I bought. It comes with the soft line tabs but they have to be welded to the rear axle housing (they are radiused for this). I could grind them and weld to the back of the brackets but the soft brake lines furnished in the kit would be way too long. I have to shorten and flare the hard lines to terminate at the tabs after they are welded in place on top of the axle axle housing about 6" in from the axle flanges ... bolt-on kit they (Inline Tube) said, but I guess I should expect this kind of thing from a $300 kit (rotors, brackets, loaded calipers, ebrake cables, hoses, etc.) right?
With regard to the machine shop, I can't really tell the only place in town who can do the work, how to do the work there are no alternatives. I live in the NW Suburbs of Chicago and could find no one able to chuck the axle in a lathe and turn down the hub, as crazy as that may seem. You would think any axle/driveshaft shop could do it but everyone's solution was to call Moser and order new axles with the reduced flange size.
Also, someone commented about cutting the inside of the rotor. The manufacturer included a warning/disclaimer against doing this as too much material must be removed. I didn't throw a caliper on it but I am guessing .050" would have to be cut plus a corner chamfer to allow the flange to seat fully.