Tall Paul
"insecure little bitch"
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Hey guys as most of you may know on the way to this year’s Quad State HERF I ran into a little car trouble with my breaking system and over the last couple weeks I learned a few things that I wanted to share with you guys in case you ever have similar issues and are in need of some break lines.
First things first if you have a Chevy Silverado built between 2003-2006 and live in an area that is known for corrosion due to salt use in the winter or are close to the ocean you WILL have issues with your break lines roughing out under the driver’s door. Apparently they didn’t consider the factor of the tires kicking up water and hitting these lines. May be they thought you would never drive your truck in the rain, snow, sleet, or any other weather besides sunny days. My truck is a 2004 Extended Cab. LT with the V8. Now my initial thought was to buy the tubing bend it myself and fix only the line that had a leak. I jacked the car pulled the tires and began to look at the lines. At this point I realized that I need to reline this whole damn truck because when you looked at the lines the leaked in other areas. I called the local Chevy Dealer and asked if the sell the pre-bent brake lines for my truck and was told that no one would sell the pre-bent lines that they bend them per job and they do 2-3 of these trucks a week! He told me some of them have been done 1-2 times already but keep rusting out. He then offered me a time slot and told me it would cost $1500-$2000 dollars for the truck to be relined depending on how many lines needed to be done. I laughed and said I would call him back!
This brings me to Google I searched high and low and found a great dealer that sells pre-bent stainless steel brake lines for most Chevy and Ford trucks at classictube.com. I call and spoke to one of their guys and for $299 I got every brake line in the entire truck pre-bent in stainless with the fittings already on and flared shipped to my door in 3 days. As you could imagine putting them in was a major pain in the ass but when all said in done I don’t need to worry about the lines rusting out again.
So I saved over $1500 in doing it this route and they are now all stainless. Also I figured out why I was unable to use my emergency break for the ride home from the QSH and I guess brake shoes need to be replaced from time to time…LOL My E brake has never worked since I got this truck and I guess I should have looked into it sooner seeing as it would have helped getting home a little less stressful!
Hope this helps anyone that has this Truck or is in need of some brake lines.
Paul
First things first if you have a Chevy Silverado built between 2003-2006 and live in an area that is known for corrosion due to salt use in the winter or are close to the ocean you WILL have issues with your break lines roughing out under the driver’s door. Apparently they didn’t consider the factor of the tires kicking up water and hitting these lines. May be they thought you would never drive your truck in the rain, snow, sleet, or any other weather besides sunny days. My truck is a 2004 Extended Cab. LT with the V8. Now my initial thought was to buy the tubing bend it myself and fix only the line that had a leak. I jacked the car pulled the tires and began to look at the lines. At this point I realized that I need to reline this whole damn truck because when you looked at the lines the leaked in other areas. I called the local Chevy Dealer and asked if the sell the pre-bent brake lines for my truck and was told that no one would sell the pre-bent lines that they bend them per job and they do 2-3 of these trucks a week! He told me some of them have been done 1-2 times already but keep rusting out. He then offered me a time slot and told me it would cost $1500-$2000 dollars for the truck to be relined depending on how many lines needed to be done. I laughed and said I would call him back!
This brings me to Google I searched high and low and found a great dealer that sells pre-bent stainless steel brake lines for most Chevy and Ford trucks at classictube.com. I call and spoke to one of their guys and for $299 I got every brake line in the entire truck pre-bent in stainless with the fittings already on and flared shipped to my door in 3 days. As you could imagine putting them in was a major pain in the ass but when all said in done I don’t need to worry about the lines rusting out again.
So I saved over $1500 in doing it this route and they are now all stainless. Also I figured out why I was unable to use my emergency break for the ride home from the QSH and I guess brake shoes need to be replaced from time to time…LOL My E brake has never worked since I got this truck and I guess I should have looked into it sooner seeing as it would have helped getting home a little less stressful!
Hope this helps anyone that has this Truck or is in need of some brake lines.
Paul
Also, how did you ever get home from the QSH ? Simon wasn't door hitchin' with his heals dragging, was he ? All joking aside, nice work sir. I'm in the market for a new(used) Chevy Silverado 1500 series so this was a helpful thread. Thanks for sharing and good luck with the whip. . .
