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Well I tackled a big job today! Replaced axle seals, bearings, and brakes on the rear axle. Old seal was gone and slinging oil everywhere!
And after:
First time I've done any of this so a big thanks to those of you who provided advice and encouragement!!! Still need to bleed the brakes, but after about 8 hours of it I was a bit tired! When I went in for the night, I set the parking brake and it felt good, and I also have quite a bit of brake pedal too, so I think I got it done right! Figured I saved myself about $500-600 bucks over a shop job!
Well done Clint! What a great before and after pic. Night and day.
This is why we replace our plastic vacuum lines boys and girls:
That WAS the white plastic line that runs to the re-circulation door motor. I had a weird hissing noise behind my dash, and noticed at higher speeds that my defrost vents seemed to be pushing a decent amount of air through them even though the climate contol system was off. So I decided to investigate this guy. It looked fine, until I handled it and watched it begin to disintegrate before my eyes.
Replaced with rubber, no more hissing noise, no more air thru the vents.
Usually, the seal is fine - it's the AXLE that gets a wear groove, letting the housing drop off-center, creating a gap at the bottom of the seal. Did your axle have a groove like this?
The rattle spring on the e-brake bar shouldn't be compressed unless the e-brake is applied. Had you already adjusted the autoadjuster before you took that pic?
This is why we replace our plastic vacuum lines boys and girls:
That WAS the white plastic line that runs to the re-circulation door motor. I had a weird hissing noise behind my dash, and noticed at higher speeds that my defrost vents seemed to be pushing a decent amount of air through them even though the climate contol system was off. So I decided to investigate this guy. It looked fine, until I handled it and watched it begin to disintegrate before my eyes.
Replaced with rubber, no more hissing noise, no more air thru the vents.
My MAX A/C was not working so I looked into this and found that my white line was almost gone. Replaced it with rubber hose and it worked just fine. At the same time I also replaced the "vacuum juice can" which the bottom rust crumpled when I went to inspect it.
This is why we replace our plastic vacuum lines boys and girls:
That WAS the white plastic line that runs to the re-circulation door motor. I had a weird hissing noise behind my dash, and noticed at higher speeds that my defrost vents seemed to be pushing a decent amount of air through them even though the climate contol system was off. So I decided to investigate this guy. It looked fine, until I handled it and watched it begin to disintegrate before my eyes.
Replaced with rubber, no more hissing noise, no more air thru the vents.
I checked mine and it looked just like your photo, good call!!! I took the tape off the split loom back to where the plastic hadn't seen the light of day for decades and ran rubber from there, then repaired the split loom tape. Thanks again for pointing this out.
I checked mine and it looked just like your photo, good call!!! I took the tape off the split loom back to where the plastic hadn't seen the light of day for decades and ran rubber from there, then repaired the split loom tape. Thanks again for pointing this out.
Yep no problem. I don't know if the effect is real or not, but everything seems to work better now with the climate controls. A/C is colder and the fan even feels stronger.
During a CL run yesterday to pick up some hardwood lumber for the woodshop, the truck turned over 200k!!! Still going strong and looking forward to the next 200k!
08-26-2018, 11:34 AM
