discovered this today too. it's located towards the front on the
driver's side of a 5spd manual transmission on a 99 silverado.

the bracket steadies three lines. i think they are fuel lines
because they all run parallel, heading back towards the fuel tank,
and one is intercepted by the fuel filter. not sure why 3 fuel lines
are necessary. i guess one could be a supply, another could be
an overpressure return, and the third could be some type of vapor
return.

anyway, due to limited clearances, there is no easy way to drill
out the broken screw. i'm wondering if there would be any harm
just in leaving it dangle? or should i hack some kind of fix? the
lines seem pretty stable without the bracket.

any advice?

 

 

I'd just leave it, to be honest.

 

^ I agree - if anything remove it from that black push clip and toss it so it doesn't rattle.

 

thanks!

Shamrock - do you really have 4 trucks? wow! i miss my OBS 90 Sierra i surely regret selling it!

 

Yeah, I go through a few a year. It's a sickness - I have to have them, pour a bunch of money in them, get bored with them, and then sell them. One of these days hopefully I'll learn (probably not).

 

a few per year ? there has got to be a support group for that, you know, the kind that would help rev it up to a dozen

are Sierras and Silverdaos distributed differently across the US? some regions more popular with one than the other?

 

Oh there has been some years in the past when I am sure it has come close to that.
I don't think so it is probably just a matter of where the dealerships have been as to their concentration. I seem to find a good mix around here. I know they seem to be cheaper in certain area's. I have flown to Dallas/Ft. Worth many of times to buy a GM truck in that area. I guess it must be Ford country around there.

 

here's the devil

 

i removed on of my fuel line brackets to take off a brake line as it was held in the same bracket took mine off and i have no problems

another thing if you really want it back on extract the broken bolt and put another of the same size and thread back in and your good

but all the same you dont need that