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Old 06-09-2015, 09:51 PM   #1
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She No Stop!

Good thing I had the camper with me. I barely tapped the guy in front. If the trailer brakes hadn't worked I probably would have hit him at 30mph or better. It was not a good dayClick image for larger version

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Everyone ok?
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Yeah cracked his bumper and smashed mine. He was debating whether to fix it or not. Gave him my info. Hate to say it but I wouldn't be surprised if he got up this morning and forgot he was hit. Older gentleman and I'm not too sure he was all there. To the point I'm not sure he should be driving. My wife was upset that I destroyed the scuba diving vanity plate and I'd rather be camping plate holder. She gave them to me for Christmas and were special ordered to color coordinate. But at least nobody was hurt.
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Glad you are safe! That is one of the scariest things to experience. I actually have made and carry a brass plug that I can use in one of the brake fittings or on the distribution block on the rear axle. It will at least let me limp to a campground and get off the road. I have also used the same thing on the master cylinder. You can block one of the ports and at least have some brakes. Again, glad you are safe and will get to continue your trip.
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That good news.

So, the trailer brakes were more effective for the combined weight than the truck brakes are for its own weight?
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Old 06-09-2015, 10:03 PM   #6
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Looks like he blew a line. Having had it happen, there is no scarier feeling than tapping the brake pedal and having it sink to the floor.
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Good idea I'll have to look into that. At first I thought I had broke a line cause earlier I had backed over some debris at the dump. But when I got it up on the roll back this is what I found. Not really sure what broke. Sitting in the back yard now until I get back home in 6 weeks.
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Have to add its a surreal feeling to hear tires screeching, brake pedal on the floor and seeing you are not gonna stop, praying for the guy to see and pull forward just 2 feet. All I needed.
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I would need better light to see, but it looks like maybe where the rubber hose meets the metal one. I just had one of those fail on me. Have someone push the pedal in the cab and see where it sprays out. Messy, but effective if it's a decent sized leak
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Fluid is coming out of the drum but I also have brake fluid all over the bottom of the engine. This suburban has been a project and fixer upper. Brakes were next on the list. Just glad it happened at home and not while I was in Key Largo a few months ago, 900 miles from home.
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Are you talking leaks from two different areas? Rear drum and somewhere up front? That would sound like a rebuild of a brake system and an opportunity for upgrades ��
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That good news.

So, the trailer brakes were more effective for the combined weight than the truck brakes are for its own weight?
Yeah the trailer single axle stopped me. But not in the amount of space I had. If I'd had just a few more feet I wouldn't have hit anybody.
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I honestly don't know. It was pretty much dark by the time I got It home. And I left this morning to go back to work off shore . Currently 400 miles from home waiting to catch a boat in the morning. It'll have to wait 6 weeks for me to look at it.
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Stay safe out there! That'll give you time to price out all the new parts
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Yikes! I hope the brakes work on the tugboat next trip!
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Glad to hear no one was hurt.


Looks like you blew out a wheel cylinder. Not too costly, but the shoes will have to be replaced too.


Go over 100% of your brake system. Pads, shoes, calipers, etc. Any questionable steel lines or hoses get replaced! Fresh fluid all the way around.


Back in 2008, my 1984 Chevy K20 had a seeping line to the rear. $500 in parts and a full weekend's work, the brakes never gave me grief again. Sold it this spring with a clear conscience.
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Ditto on the wheel cylinder, mike837go.

I had a 63 Impala in college (early 90s, I'm not that old!). That car had drums on all 4 corners and was not fun to stop. I blew a wheel cylinder coming up to a stop light and luckily had an empty grass lot to bail into before getting the car to stop with the emergency brake.
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X3 on the wheel cylinder I have actually had them go out on two different vehicles. Also had a brake line blow out on a older F150 while towing a car trailer witha mini excavator. And just a few months ago while my 15 year old daughter was driving my DW truck just as she pulled "luckily" INTO our driveway a brakeline blew out. She almost drove right through my garage before panicking and jamming it into park LOL. Im just so happy that it happened in the driveway and not out on the open rd.
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