[Z06] '03 ZO6 brake problem
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'03 ZO6 brake problem
My right rear axle has been rubbing against my hard line brake tube. You guessed it 75 mph and no brakes I have 16000 miles on the car and a hole in my brake line. Does any one know of a place to get it? pre bent, dealership? may be something to check out on your cars. any help would be really cool
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My right rear axle has been rubbing against my hard line brake tube. You guessed it 75 mph and no brakes I have 16000 miles on the car and a hole in my brake line. Does any one know of a place to get it? pre bent, dealership? may be something to check out on your cars. any help would be really cool
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Are you running stock wheel and tire size? That seems kind of weird to be happening. Something must be amiss somewhere for the tire to rub a hole in the brake line.
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You should not have lost all pressure. but that is another issue. The prebent tube should be easily available from the dealer.
But you need to find out about that loss of pressure. That just almost can't happen in today's designs. You should have it carefully checked.
Regards,
But you need to find out about that loss of pressure. That just almost can't happen in today's designs. You should have it carefully checked.
Regards,
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Yeah that happened to me as well on the drivers side. I also slowly lost all my brakes but I had just enough to turn around and go home. If I had been on the track I would have been in trouble.
I noticed that at high speed my cv shaft boots actually grow just like a drag tire and when they do they can grab anything thats in that area.
When you order the brake line GM part #(12547207 3/16 brake line) it comes in as a roll of tubing with no ends so you will need to reuse the ends and use a flare tool to open up the ends. And you also will have to bend them yourself.
Yeah I also thought this was BS but what can you do.
I noticed that at high speed my cv shaft boots actually grow just like a drag tire and when they do they can grab anything thats in that area.
When you order the brake line GM part #(12547207 3/16 brake line) it comes in as a roll of tubing with no ends so you will need to reuse the ends and use a flare tool to open up the ends. And you also will have to bend them yourself.
Yeah I also thought this was BS but what can you do.
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All brake lines are double flared so you need special dies to make them up, but they are common. Any good garage should be able to fix that for you.