Last night I had a bit of time so I made brake lines.
To start with, I bought a rear brake hose for a 93 Dodge Dakota.
Bolted that on the axle so that way I can have accurate lengths from wheel cylinders to the tee.
It was easy to make up the drivers side line. However as for the passenger side, I really had no idea how to do it so I just went along with it. Not bad for my first time bending brake lines. In hindsight. I should have not used 90 degree bends in certain spots.
My OCD slowly is setting in... I may remove those and redo it someday.
Gonna buy the shoes & hardware, then this axle basically is ready to go. The front axle is next to prep and finish.
I already had knuckles with new ball joints pressed into it that I bought for $20 at a swap meet (pretty good score considering those ball joints are $120).
So I just gotta get front inner & outer wheel bearings for the hub rotors on the spindle, I also need to get the spindle bearing kit for the axle shaft into the spindle. Need to buy new calipers, pads, brake hoses.
The axle will get same paint scheme as the rear axle.