Matt's 56 3600 4X4 Build

[Purcell69]

Originally Posted by mvitale27

Cool info on the TC brackets. Haven't got much done this week as I have been doing some work to my Silverado. I was on my way home from the parts store with a CV axle, u-joints for the front driveshaft, front pads and rotors when I blew a brake line. Managed to pump the brakes enough to get it home. The line that had a major leak was one from the MC to the ABS unit. As I was making the new line, I noticed most of the front brake lines are corroded and very fragile so I decided to replace all of them. $64 and 6 hours later I am half done. Setbacks!

Yikes!

A long, long time ago, the rear hose between my frame and the rear axle blew out on my 1978 Power Wagon while I was stationed in SoCal. The truck was full-time 4wd, and I was in a pinch, so I ran a trim screw down the middle of the broken hose and held it in place with a hose clamp until I could get to the parts store and replace the line. Front brakes, manual trans, 4wd to slow the rear and the parking brake if necessary. There was no crisis because I knew what I was driving and left room around me.

Hardlines are a different animal though, especially with ABS. I never used to hear about hardlines corroding through, but it seems to be a more common occurrence now. I've seen some late model trucks where the hardlines rusted through before the sheet metal. Anything to save a few pennies of profit.

-Joe