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tekman741
Explorer
Aug 12, 2013

vacation went from almost deadly to lost to saved

I've been doing this rv thing for 3 years now. 1st year blew 4 tires because someone left a 3 sided hitch in the road. 2 on the drivers side, 1 on the passanger side rear and 1 on the trailer(2a...
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camperfamily
Explorer
Aug 19, 2013
Hydroboost. Using the hydraulics from the power steering pump to provide power assist brakes. As opposed to the more common vacuum assisted brakes. Diesels just don't make vacuum to power a vacuum assisted brake set-up.

So as the OP told, if you loose steering, you loose brakes. And the other way around. Two somewhat critical things. The OP must be thanking God after that incident.

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