On 2/16/2017 10:15 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
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On 2/16/2017 11:04 AM, Jack wrote:
On 2/14/2017 8:12 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In article ,
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On 2/13/2017 11:14 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
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Not true with my exhaust system. The stainless steel exhaust has
never
once been cleaned and it is now 16+ years old, and in the rust belt.
Surely GM could have used the same stuff in the brake lines, which is
magnitudes more important than the exhaust system as far as safety
goes.

So you never go through a car wash?

Never, at least not with this truck.

And what pressure does your exhaust have to
withstand? What pressure do your brake lines
have to withstand?

The break lines have no problem withstanding pressure, until they RUST!

sigh

Never occurs to you that the stresses something
needs to withstand affect the choice of alloy to
be used, does it?

Of course, which is exactly why brake lines should be made from
stainless steel and not from crap that starts to rust 3 minutes after
installation.

As for the rest, why did you buy a GM product to
begin with?

At the time I didn't know I would be risking my life on substandard GM
breaking systems.


Chrysler does the same, steel, my BIL was driving his PU truck and went
to hit the brakes.... NOTHING.. the lines blew from rust.

Not sure how the Japanese cars treat their brake components.

If there were NO brakes then the system had been
neglected for a long time. Any car or light
truck sold in the US after 1976 is required to
have a split braking system that continues to
work with reduced capability with a brake line
completely missing.

The first time my lines failed my SIL borrowed my truck to pick up a
load of granite block. He and my daughter backed out of the driveway,
and the pedal went down almost to the floor. He drove 40 miles 20 with
a heavy load and luckily got back, telling me my brakes sucked. I
checked and immediately knew half the brakes were gone, and it was
rusted brake lines.

$700 later all was well, I thought. Turns out the jerks at the garage
missed two lines and 3 months later, one of those burst. Luckily, I was
driving at night on a secluded road rather than in traffic. Breaking
distance with half a system works, but really poorly. I had forgot
something and hit my brakes to turn in a road to turn around, and
sailed right past it when the brakes semi failed. Had I been in traffic
things could have been bad...

After a while you can pump it dry but you have to pretty much be an
idiot to not notice that there's a brake problem before that happens.

I pretty much told my SIL the same thing.

Anyway, How can you pump it dry? The dual systems are isolated and to
pump them both dry you'd need a leak in both systems. While that could
happen, it would be highly unusual.
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Jack
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