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As Swiss has suggested, brakes are my #1 priority. Got on my creeper and spent some quality time under the Mog. Upon close inspection of my brake system I found these two little presents.
Pinched lines on both Front Left and Front Right brake hard lines. Fortunately rear lines are ok. Braking does not appear to be affected, yet it still concerns me. Expedition Imports has pre-bent replacements, my only concern are the spot welds holding them down.
Knowing nothing about Welding, any recommendations removal and re-attachment to axles once I have new lines in place?
Living in the land of big oil industry, welders are pretty common, so I'll probably just hire one if needed.
I noticed that the Air Compression system would sound off every 10 minutes or so while idling, thinking something was wrong, I traced the air lines and upon reference in the manual and workshop manual, I have Air over Hydraulic Brake with an added Vacuum Booster.
Talking to nice folks at Unipaser, suggested that the Vacuum Booster was not original to my chassis number and was added at a later date. It is documented in the manual and the workshop manual. I found a thread on another forum discussing bypassing it. I think several of you guys are on that other board and posted pictures of your custom bypasses.
How is braking without the Vacuum Booster on 404s with Radio Box (it weights 1500lbs) something tells me I should keep it, or should I?
Pinched lines on both Front Left and Front Right brake hard lines. Fortunately rear lines are ok. Braking does not appear to be affected, yet it still concerns me. Expedition Imports has pre-bent replacements, my only concern are the spot welds holding them down.
Knowing nothing about Welding, any recommendations removal and re-attachment to axles once I have new lines in place?
Living in the land of big oil industry, welders are pretty common, so I'll probably just hire one if needed.
I noticed that the Air Compression system would sound off every 10 minutes or so while idling, thinking something was wrong, I traced the air lines and upon reference in the manual and workshop manual, I have Air over Hydraulic Brake with an added Vacuum Booster.
Talking to nice folks at Unipaser, suggested that the Vacuum Booster was not original to my chassis number and was added at a later date. It is documented in the manual and the workshop manual. I found a thread on another forum discussing bypassing it. I think several of you guys are on that other board and posted pictures of your custom bypasses.
How is braking without the Vacuum Booster on 404s with Radio Box (it weights 1500lbs) something tells me I should keep it, or should I?
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