Re: Deteriorating Rubber Brake Lines

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'll be replacing them ...

Dave


"Dave Wick" <davewick@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a '94 Dodge Grand Caravan with 130K miles. I recently noticed that
>one of the front brakes didn't seem to be releasing properly after the
>brakes had been applied. I did some checking and found that the insides of
>the rubber lines will deteriorate over time and restrict the back flow of
>brake fluid causing the calipers to hang up a bit. I replaced the front
>flexible hoses and things are fine.
>
> HOWEVER, do the rears suffer from this same problem? My logic on the one
> hand says "sure!" because they're the same type of lines ... of course
> they'll deteriorate just like the fronts ... why not? The other side of
> my logic says "yeah, but ..." the rears (drums) have strong springs
> pulling the shoes back and forcing the wheel cylinder back in turn forcing
> the fluid back ... while the hoses may deteriorate the rears probably
> aren't at as much risk.
>
> So ... what's the REAL story on the rears? Replace the flexible hoses or
> forget about them?
>
> Thanks!
> Dave
>


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