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I think I've seen Mr. Joe indicate, in some other thread at some other time, that the hard line, for the brakes, going to the rear, has a tendency to rub through/rot out/burst. Perhaps I'm wrong, in my thinking I've see Joe talk about it, but I'll send him a PM anyway. Anyhow, this occured to me, this evening, about 20 minutes ago, as I approached a traffic light about a block from the house. I was slowing down, applying the brakes, when all the sudden the pedal went to the floorboard and the brake and ABS light came on. :shock: Not a pleasant feeling, as the brakes were pretty much doing nothing. Luckily the light turned green and the truck I was about to mate my truck with accelerated away...and I limped home the remainder of the distance. The plastic guard covering the gastank is all shiny, wet and black, and has brake fluid dripping from it, whereas the master cylinder is dry, as are the front hoses & calipers, and the rear. Deductive reasoning would lead me to believe the hardline, at the frame, has shot cr*ps. Anybody ever have this experience and fixed it? How hard of an ordeal was it to fix, if you did it yourself? Anybody know of a "kit" to fix this, supposedly, not altogether infrequent occurence in these trucks, or do you have to replace a length, altogether, of the hard line?
Looks like I'll be riding the motorscooter to work, fer sure, the next few days.
I knew I should have got rid of this Dodge... :wall:
Looks like I'll be riding the motorscooter to work, fer sure, the next few days.
I knew I should have got rid of this Dodge... :wall: