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Brake line burst due to corrosion & rear drums corroded - 6/20/2008 6:51:02 AM    STRAYDOG   Posts: 8 Joined: 1/11/2008 Status: offline Original owner low mileage 98 S10 , Always garaged & excellant condition , perfect  paint & no body rust.............. Heres my story , driving on Route 95 ...had to step on brakes>> Hard ... cut off  when another car changed lanes......   brake pedal went to the floor, felt like no brakes ....went to side of road..brake  fliud leaking from beneath ..... Taken to nearest repair facility NTB Seabrook NH.........They  advised brake lines burst due to corrosion .... further examinaton ...rear wheel cylinders corroded & bleeders frozen..... rear drums corroded to the point that you coud see through them ..if you held them up you could see the sun  all around   through  the side >>note this is the face of drums  corroded through ..looked like lace ..............cost me $735    bucks ...most of brake lines were replaced  as well as rear cylinders & drums ..the shoes had little wear.............no corrosion on body panels  or floor  when viewed from underneath ...  surface rust on frame rails  .... severe  corrosion on brake components.... anywone else had a simular situation ??? My S10 has only 80,000 Miles & looks like new ..always garaged ....now Parinoid safety wise ...wondering if i complain to Chevrolet if i will get any satisfaction ????? _____________________________ 1966 Corvette 427 , 4 speed, side exhaust, Tripple Black 1998 S10 , V6 original owner 2007 A6 Corvette Black w red interior "Semper Fi" Post #: 1

RE: Brake line burst due to corrosion & rear drums corr... - 6/20/2008 8:46:32 AM    EuroGoldLS Posts: 151 Joined: 3/3/2008 Status: offline The only thing I can think of is it came in contact with a chemical that affects aluminum, but not so much steel. Acid of some sort maybe. _____________________________ PM me for a custom sig or avatar! (in reply to STRAYDOG) Post #: 2

RE: Brake line burst due to corrosion & rear drums corr... - 6/20/2008 3:12:52 PM    Argon Posts: 2153 Joined: 2/25/2007 Status: offline pretty common scenario in the ruist belt,yes...735 sounds like a good price _____________________________ Gm tech for over 20 years (in reply to EuroGoldLS) Post #: 3

RE: Brake line burst due to corrosion & rear drums corr... - 11/4/2008 10:20:43 AM    cIRCitmage   Posts: 3 Joined: 11/4/2008 Status: offline Almost the same thing happened to me! ... by pure blind dumb luck I happened to be at a Goodyear Service Center getting an oil change ... the mechanic drove it onto the lift and kept going!!!! WTF?! He jumps out and starts swearing at me?! ... "no brakes?! why didn''t you tell me that your truck had NO BRAKES!!!!" We get the truck onto the lift ... Steel brake lines were totally corroded (only on the driver side ?) ... replaced front, rear and ABS (three) with generic steel lines ... Cost me $350 and four hours ... they couldn''t fix the problem completely because they bleeder screws were locked/corroded and they ran the risk of breaking them ... at that time of night they could not get replacement parts Called Chevrolet (8000-222-1020) and reported my problem ... they said "wow, sorry to hear that ... we haven''t had any problems like this reported before"?!!!!!!!!! ... must be that its an old high mileage truck and/or you drive off road, in salt marshes, on the beach, etc?!!!!! please call and report this problem ... these brake lines need to be made of something more impervious (stainless steel?) ... I''m nuts about routine maintenance and stay on top of the consumables/wearables in the truck (pads, rotors, belts, etc...) My case number with Chevrolet is #71-676840739 ... lets get the forum to report their problems as well and get Chevrolet to make these vehicles safer! (in reply to Argon) Post #: 4

RE: Brake line burst due to corrosion & rear drums corr... - 11/4/2008 10:24:01 AM    cIRCitmage   Posts: 3 Joined: 11/4/2008 Status: offline P.S. I have a 1997 Chevy S-10 Ext Cab ... 117K Miles ... rotors and calipers replaced at 80K (in reply to STRAYDOG) Post #: 5

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