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- Brutal! Sorry man. Hope you find some sort of resolution without dipping deep into the bank.
- Now it is easier to clean the rear window!
- A back-and-forth lawn sprinkler placed under a truck does a nice job of rinsing off a lot of the crap. Moving it a few times, it takes about a beer to complete, depending on your mud, Winter driving and/or beer habit.
deltabravo wrote:
JumboJet wrote:
Actually, many of the brake lines today are stainless steel due to the old Jeep Pickups of days-gone-by rusting away.
True, but not on the GMT800 series trucks. There's all kinds of reports on the various GM truck forums about brake lines rusting through. I don't know if or when GM switched to SS lines on that era of trucks.
One story
That makes me ask a question - Why would any automaker install steel lines that would rust through? Too many places that spread salt during winter.
I like the exhausts that are SS or partially aluminum.JumboJet wrote:
Actually, many of the brake lines today are stainless steel due to the old Jeep Pickups of days-gone-by rusting away.
True, but not on the GMT800 series trucks. There's all kinds of reports on the various GM truck forums about brake lines rusting through. I don't know if or when GM switched to SS lines on that era of trucks.
One storydeltabravo wrote:
I would have expected the brake lines to rust through long before a frame gave out.
I'd have to say that truck lived a hard life in the rust belt and never got an under carriage rinse since the bed is all cancered out.
Actually, many of the brake lines today are stainless steel due to the old Jeep Pickups of days-gone-by rusting away.- I would have expected the brake lines to rust through long before a frame gave out.
I'd have to say that truck lived a hard life in the rust belt and never got an under carriage rinse since the bed is all cancered out. joerg68 wrote:
What is it with all the truck folding these days?
How not to pull your truck out of the ice
Wow - a "truck taco"- ....if you think that is bad (the Chevy 1500), have a look at this Ford F250 truck with the frame broken almost entirely in half, in front of the rear axle on both sides, due to airbags:
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Here's a two foot section on a 2002 Dodge Ram frame rail completely rotted through (catastrophically; unrepairable):
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Everyone should inspect their truck frames and cross-ties (every square centimeter of it/them) every spring....the lessons in this: have your frame rails (on boxed frame and C channel frames) anti-corrosion sprayed right out of the showroom when new; and re-apply anti-corrosion every year; or, hauling our heavy truck campers, suffer the potential consequences !
