Dylan1991_1500
Long Bed Owner
Got the front lines plumbed today. What a perfect day to work on it too, 70 degrees and nothing but sunshine. Had to make 2 trips to the local parts house because the employee looked at me sideways when I gave him the list of line nuts I needed. So I drove all the way home and all the way back with the master cylinder/prop valve in tow. Got everything I needed so back to work I went.
I love this copper/nickel brake line, it's so easy to work with and I think I got good results...for what the truck looks like at least.
Started by mocking up the master cylinder and the prop valve.
Nothing is tight in the pic, the master still needs to come off for bench bleeding. And no, the lines are not rubbing on each other. They are close but there is no contact. I even coiled the front main line OEM style so there is some room for flex.
Ran the left front line and was able to re-use the clip for holding the line in place. I was quite proud of myself on that one.
Right front brake line was a bit more challenging. I had to work it down the right side frame rail, climb under the truck and turn it slightly so it ran across and under the oil pan then turn it again so it could climb up the left side of the engine and meet up with the tee fitting...and get the length correct at the same time. Took me two tries to get the length correct then I had to pull it off the truck to flare it on the bench vise only to have to feed back under the truck again. We got it though!
Next we get to play a game. YAY!!! The name of the game is "What's That Leak?!?"
There is a tranny fluid leak dripping from the center of the drive shaft yoke. The output seal is dry. The fluid is traveling down the center of the slip yoke and dripping out by the u-joint. Never see anything like it on any of my other rides. So what am I looking at? What's failed inside the transmission causing it to leak out of the center of the yoke?
*Poor pic but the trans fluid is coming out at the u-joint.
So I am going to bench bleed the master this weekend hopefully. I might end up running a new 1/4" line back to the rear axle. The line on the truck now was repaired but a section of old line is still in there...not good IMO. We'll see. But for now there's the latest Bob1500 update.
I love this copper/nickel brake line, it's so easy to work with and I think I got good results...for what the truck looks like at least.
Started by mocking up the master cylinder and the prop valve.
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Nothing is tight in the pic, the master still needs to come off for bench bleeding. And no, the lines are not rubbing on each other. They are close but there is no contact. I even coiled the front main line OEM style so there is some room for flex.
Ran the left front line and was able to re-use the clip for holding the line in place. I was quite proud of myself on that one.
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Right front brake line was a bit more challenging. I had to work it down the right side frame rail, climb under the truck and turn it slightly so it ran across and under the oil pan then turn it again so it could climb up the left side of the engine and meet up with the tee fitting...and get the length correct at the same time. Took me two tries to get the length correct then I had to pull it off the truck to flare it on the bench vise only to have to feed back under the truck again. We got it though!
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Next we get to play a game. YAY!!! The name of the game is "What's That Leak?!?"
There is a tranny fluid leak dripping from the center of the drive shaft yoke. The output seal is dry. The fluid is traveling down the center of the slip yoke and dripping out by the u-joint. Never see anything like it on any of my other rides. So what am I looking at? What's failed inside the transmission causing it to leak out of the center of the yoke?
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*Poor pic but the trans fluid is coming out at the u-joint.
So I am going to bench bleed the master this weekend hopefully. I might end up running a new 1/4" line back to the rear axle. The line on the truck now was repaired but a section of old line is still in there...not good IMO. We'll see. But for now there's the latest Bob1500 update.
