| [GMCnet] Brake question [message #298526] |
Sat, 02 April 2016 22:59  |
Sara Robinson
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Registered: March 2016
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The reason the Engine got mothballed is that we got to a point where we could no longer trust her brakes. They went out on us twice — once on I-10 west of Tonopah, AZ at about 60 mph, the other time coming up California 1 on a windy road south of Half Moon Bay.
I was driving both times — and I never want to be that frightened in a vehicle ever again. (I fly airplanes, and am very hard to rattle. But the second time is what finally put me off driving the GMC.) No matter what we did, or how many different people we had work on various aspects of the braking system, they just kept failing. The main source of failure was in the lines, but it’s not good from the pedal right on back.
If we keep the coach, this will need to be fixed. If we sell it, we’d like to be able to present the next owner with a clear idea of how to handle this (and a sense of what it might cost to get it right). Fortunately, looking around the GMC sites, it appears that there are more and better options than were available when Jim installed that brake system back in 2002. I’m seeing the stainless steel brake line kit, devices to help bleed the lines, and other things that seem to promise a better experience than we’ve had.
So here’s the question: If you were looking to put the most bulletproof, dead-reliable braking system into your GMC, using today’s available parts, what would that look like? Assume that the entire system is up for renewal, and money is not an issue. We’re spit-balling here.
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