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Long story short, I knew my rear line was going bad and becomming clogged w/ itself. I pulled it down and changed it out, no big deal. While I'm there, I figured I'll fix the axle seal leak that's been bothering me and wetting my shoes seeing I'll now have properly working brakes.
I got the drum off and noticed some brake fluid in there as well. This angered me as it was a "new" wheel cylinder (VB) that was about 4 years old and had about 5K on it. I had another one here for the other side and put that one on.
I decided to take apart the bad one to see what the deal was and I found it almost FULL of brake hose pieces.
I've seen several hoses go bad from swelling up or "collapse", but I've never seen one come apart and wind up somewhere else, at least to this extent.
So, now some of you might be worried if you have a bad hose that otherwise looks good. For those that are unfamiliar, here's how to test your hoses for flow restrictions. It's fast and easy:
Simply open the bleeder up, fluid should drip out. It might be fast, it might be slow, but it should drip out. If it doesn't, you have a restriction. Usually it's the rubber line.
Next, pull the bleeder screw out. Check to see if it's clogged. If it's not, break the line LOOSE (not off) at the top where it comes from the car. It should drip. If it does, the rubber line is bad. If not, your problem is elsewhere.
So now I'm waiting for my new seals and axle bearing to arrive that I also discovered was bad "while I was at it."
Yadda, yadda, yadda; doodle, doodle, dee; wubba, wubba, wubba.
I got the drum off and noticed some brake fluid in there as well. This angered me as it was a "new" wheel cylinder (VB) that was about 4 years old and had about 5K on it. I had another one here for the other side and put that one on.
I decided to take apart the bad one to see what the deal was and I found it almost FULL of brake hose pieces.
I've seen several hoses go bad from swelling up or "collapse", but I've never seen one come apart and wind up somewhere else, at least to this extent.
So, now some of you might be worried if you have a bad hose that otherwise looks good. For those that are unfamiliar, here's how to test your hoses for flow restrictions. It's fast and easy:
Simply open the bleeder up, fluid should drip out. It might be fast, it might be slow, but it should drip out. If it doesn't, you have a restriction. Usually it's the rubber line.
Next, pull the bleeder screw out. Check to see if it's clogged. If it's not, break the line LOOSE (not off) at the top where it comes from the car. It should drip. If it does, the rubber line is bad. If not, your problem is elsewhere.
So now I'm waiting for my new seals and axle bearing to arrive that I also discovered was bad "while I was at it."
Yadda, yadda, yadda; doodle, doodle, dee; wubba, wubba, wubba.