[Goatracer1]

I discovered something by accident and wondered if I'm the only one with the problem. I had my 1962 Bonneville up on 4 jack stands on the frame. The rear brakes wouldn't apply and I found that the rear brake hose was kinked and cracked. The rear end drops so far that it damages the rubber hose. I have ordered another hose but was wondering if anyone else had the problem and if so how did you fix it. The rear springs and shocks are stock replacements. Shocks too long? I had to make limiters for one of my other cars because the rear springs fell out if I jacked up the car too far. I could do that on this also if necessary.

[JLMounce]

Possibly too long of a shock. But you also don't want to use the shocks as limiters. If you're driving the car in a way that the shock is acting as the travel limiter, you would want to correct that. Servicing the vehicle where the axle is slowly lowered against the shock typically isn't an area of concern.

What is the concern is pulling on and braking the rear brake soft line. For this, the simplest change is to source a longer line as necessary.

I had the rear line fail on me while the brakes were applied. When that occurred it refused to bleed pressure from the rear calipers. Found that out after I got 5 miles down the road with the pads smoking terribly.