Axle Breather Hoses With Long Arm

[xjustinx]

Wanted to see everyone is doing for breather hoses on the front axle? Wanted to come up with something clean with the extra hose needed to compensate for the extra axle droop.

[benjy_26]

Longer hose would work, I expect...

[Project Comanche]

Spare air line from harbor freight. Coiled air line stays tidy and flexes with suspension.

 

(Sorry it's a little dark. Vent is from the top of the axle on drivers side.)

[dankicksass]

That looks great.

[Incommando]

If you run a longer length of regular tubing you can use a light tension return spring clipped around the hose and attached to the body that will allow the hose to droop when needed but will pull it back up at ride height so it isn't dangling. This works with longer brake lines, too, but you may have to use a stronger spring.

[Blue XJ]

I run my front axle vent tube up the upper control arm, I have it ziptied to the arm, then it goes up the firewall to over the brake booster in the engine compartment.   My rear axle I just have a long hose running straight up to the bed, then forward to the brake booster in the engine compartment.  I used 3/8" clear tubing for all of them, since its cheap.

[dankicksass]

I run my front axle vent tube up the upper control arm, I have it ziptied to the arm, then it goes up the firewall to over the brake booster in the engine compartment. My rear axle I just have a long hose running straight up to the bed, then forward to the brake booster in the engine compartment. I used 3/8" clear tubing for all of them, since its cheap.

 

Why are you applying vacuum to your axles?

[Blue XJ]

I'm not? They run to the brake booster area to keep them out of water, they arent connected to the vacuum system.

[dankicksass]

I'm not? They run to the brake booster area to keep them out of water, they arent connected to the vacuum system.

 

Ok good. The way you described it sounded like you had applied vac from the booster assy to the axles.