Pinched Front Passenger Brake Line

[Maximus Gladius]

Anybody else look at their front passenger brake line next to the brake calliper to see if the line gets pinched when steering full left and right?

I saw this this morning when investigating a “click” sound from the front when doing tight low speed turning. Turns out both lower ball joints had loosened to 8lbs! I also had noticed the steering a bit funny when on the highway, had to fight it a bit to track straight.

I also saw that there was a posting here of a TSB for checking the lower ball joints when “clicking” is heard and to torque them to 59 lbs.

I then saw the passenger side brake line being squeezed when turning full left and right. The driver’s side is just fine.

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[Maximus Gladius]

Driver’s side is just fine.

 

[TomH]

It looks like it was twisted a couple of times before install. Odd.

 

[Maximus Gladius]

Well then it was was twisted up when I had a brake service check done.

 

[Maximus Gladius]

Big shout out to Big 4 Motors in Calgary. Shop Forman called me to give a verbal instruction on a simple “how too” remove the brake calliper to untwist the brake line. (They did not do the brake service that twisted the line in the first place. ) Thanks a ton! If I didn’t notice this, I could of been dealing with a split line, it was just a matter of time!

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