I can't think of a bigger safety issue than no brakes. My wife was driving our 97 F150 when a brake line gave out. She called me and said the brake went to the floor when leaving work. I told her to use the emergency brake. She was able to make it home using the emergency brake. I replaced the brake lines with copper-nickel lines.
First question would be if you need a full-sized pickup, or will a compact work?
A friend of mine has a son that works for a Toyota dealership. He made some decent deals on those and got a few for family members, all with the replaced frames.
Planned obsolence especially up here in road salt country. At least there is an alternative and they can be easily replaced with the right (flaring and bending) tools and the correct couplings. Besides, replacing a pre bent steel hardline with many bends would most likely be a nightmare anyway. First thing car restorers do is replace the steel hardlines with copper alloy lines.
I got pretty good at bending new brake lines to match the old ones. It’s not that hard of a skill to master with inexpensive hand tools. I replaced the ones on our 93 Suburban.
depends what its going to be used for
I bought my 1990 F250 new, so I know what has been done to it. About three years ago, I had to replace the brake line to the rear because it had rusted to failure. Apparently the warning lights were not working and I didn't find out about it until a routine check of fluids. For light use, the brakes worked OK. When the time came to do the front brakes at 440,000 KM I noticed a problem with a caliper and decided that because the flex lines were original, I should change them too. Of course the steel lines refused to disconnect without damage but at that mileage and thirty-one years of age I felt that I got decent value for those parts.
Considering that a huge percentage of parts and assemblies on domestic trucks are sourced offshore anyway, might not make a lot of difference.
One thing to always keep in mind is, the flex hoses will deteriorate inside after a while so I replace them when I do a brake job and replace the calipers. The obvious sign of deteriorated flex lines is the calipers won't retract fully and the pads hang on the rotors. The only thing that retracts the pads on a disc brake caliper is the seal between the puck and the caliper body so it don't take much in the way of blockage to cause a dragging pad scenario. When I do that, I'll soak the flex hose fitting to the the hard line fitting with either PBlaster or acetone and ATF mix for a few days prior to taking them apart. Also I always replace the caliper (reman) when I do a brake job. The slide pins on calipers have a habit of hanging up when driven on salted roads in the winter. me and Rock Auto are good friends.
That applies to all AFM engines (5.3) in any GM built product Interesting thing in the article is the addition of the complaint that Chrysler owners are complaining that FCA don't include a low oil warning with their vehicles... Does anyone? I don't believe so. What the dipstick is for last time I checked and I check the oil levels in all my vehicles regularly anyway. Don't have to with the tires now because all of them have TPMS units, though I will 'top them up' occasionally. I deleted the AFM feature (which isn't really anything other than a way for GM to meet it's obligatory CAFE average fuel requirements and nothing more. You can delete it with the addition of a Holley-Range delete module that plugs into the OBD port or you can disconnect the Molex plug on the brake booster (but that will cause a check engine light). The Range module discretely disables the AFM and no check engine light. Two things I've observed. One, the average fuel mileage did not decrease at all (gets terrible mileage no matter what) and the oil consumption per distance traveled is becoming less and less as time goes on.
The 1 Big Problem People Are Having With the Chevy Silverado
Despite being one of the best selling trucks in the country, some Chevy Silverado model years all have one big, and costly, problem.www.motorbiscuit.com
Our 2003 Impala, 2003 Suburban, 2013 Impala all have low oil level sensors.
5.3 correct. At my age I tend to transpose numbers...lol
If the Suburban does, I would never know anyway. Never let it drop more than 1/8" on the dipstick. I know my mower engines do but the same applies to them.
220, 221, whatever it takes!
