Brake lines on trucks DO go bad.
09-08-2015 | 09:31 AM
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The AcDelco kits can be had on Amazon for $50-$70. The lines are nylon coated.
Just so you know, ACDelcop is partnered with Amazon...so says ACDelco themselves. Meaning, they AcDelco supplies Amazon with AcDelco parts.
While you are under there and hve things apart, take a good luck at the fuel lines.
Just so you know, ACDelcop is partnered with Amazon...so says ACDelco themselves. Meaning, they AcDelco supplies Amazon with AcDelco parts.
While you are under there and hve things apart, take a good luck at the fuel lines.
09-08-2015 | 09:51 AM
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Thanks everyone. I called ClassicTube.com and went with a kit direct from them that includes flex hoses for a shade over $400. They gave me a military discount over the phone which won my business. I plan to keep this one a long while.
09-08-2015 | 03:31 PM
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I've done all lines on all my vehicles with classic tube lines, but I live close enough to them that returning and exchanging isn't in issue. 2 of my vehicles I removed the lines in one piece and had them duplicate them, which turned out perfect. Their off the shelf lines for the 2 Chevy trucks were problematic.
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09-09-2015 | 01:44 AM
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Notice all that moisture on the rear differential? That's brake fluid; along with having sprayed all under the bed, muffler, rear end, and driveshaft. (Hot brake fluid STINKS like hell BTW.)
I was towing some friends' boat home this evening behind my 2003 Chevy 2500HD. I was well within towing specs, as the towed load is probably 5000 lbs, or so.
But I ended up breaking a brake line on the truck.
Guess what kind of brakes the trailer has...
...Yep, surge/hydraulic.
Remember, these trailer brakes do NOT work AT ALL when you can't brake the truck.
We crept home about 10 miles or so without incident, but that was AFTER I knew the brake line broke just after pulling out of the ramp.
Thank goodness for:
E-brake that works well.
Allison transmission that downshifts for engine braking.
A little bit of front brakes that were enough to stop the truck ONLY when I was creeping up to the two stoplights on the trip home...
...after I used the E-brake to get down under 5mph and took the truck out of gear. (Didn't want to seize E-brake bringing rig to full stop with such.)
09-09-2015 | 01:54 AM
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Frame recall. They' ll come in to the shop, after frame replacement, with new brake lines and etc.
As far as our salt laden area the worst trucks for rust:
Most Ford rangers (almost all are no longer on the road here)
Last Generation Chevy truck - as this thread mentions (not many 03's and ealier around. 2004's almost ready to send to Junk Yard)
Distant third - Toyota Trucks.
Toyota stepped up big time. Chevy and Ford have not done anything.
As far as our salt laden area the worst trucks for rust:
Most Ford rangers (almost all are no longer on the road here)
Last Generation Chevy truck - as this thread mentions (not many 03's and ealier around. 2004's almost ready to send to Junk Yard)
Distant third - Toyota Trucks.
Toyota stepped up big time. Chevy and Ford have not done anything.
09-09-2015 | 06:06 AM
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That was the Tacoma's. The Tundra's got frames.
Toyota stepped up big time. Chevy has a worse problem - as far as what we see.
And yes, same experience here, on the Chevy trucks, the rear line going past the gas tank is pretty always first.
Toyota stepped up big time. Chevy has a worse problem - as far as what we see.
And yes, same experience here, on the Chevy trucks, the rear line going past the gas tank is pretty always first.
09-09-2015 | 06:19 AM
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01-04 Tacomas are getting frames replaced under program
02--06 Tundras are getting frames replaced under program
05 up Tacomas are getting frames replaced on a case by case basis
Near as I can tell Toyota has not done anything to cure their frame rot problems, in my opinion they are the worst of all the trucks. At least Toyota has stepped up for the owners. I probably replaced 50 frames over the course of 2 years at Toyota, it certainly was a complete repair for owners of those trucks.
09-10-2015 | 03:34 AM
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gotcha,,the only problem i have seen on a chebby frame are usually plow trucks..they rip the upper front diff mount off and if you dont catch it in time it breaks the front diff case..and thats was the 2000 era when they switched from the c k v bodys..
