Hello All, I'm hoping some of you can help confirm that I believe to be true.
In the images below you can see wear on a line from contact with the driveshaft. I believe this to be the emergency brake cable and not a hydraulic brake line. Is that correct? I do not want to risk driving the vehicle without confirming this is only the ebrake.
As for how this happened, I think negligence on the part of a few people. First, my truck is rusty, but I have had that generally remediated and woolwaxed. However you can't replace everything and some of the brackets under the vehicle are certainly crusty. Second, during a recent front brake service, I asked that the parking brake be adjusted to within spec, which was done. Third, shortly after that service, I loaned the car to family who loaded It down with six people and gear and went camping. They told me about a "buzz or rattle" that they heard most of the time, but I assumed this to be my known heat shield rattle. When I drove the car myself (unloaded) I didn't hear anything. Fast forward to this week, and I have loaded the car down for a trip and now I am hearing a new noise, especially on bumps when the suspension compresses.
I finally crawled under the car and am ashamed to say that this is the damage I have found. From checking parts diagrams, I think this is the ebrake linkage. If so, I assume it has slack in it or the bracket you can see was broken during the service. The mechanic probably didn't think this would be a concern...
Thanks for the help.
In the images below you can see wear on a line from contact with the driveshaft. I believe this to be the emergency brake cable and not a hydraulic brake line. Is that correct? I do not want to risk driving the vehicle without confirming this is only the ebrake.
As for how this happened, I think negligence on the part of a few people. First, my truck is rusty, but I have had that generally remediated and woolwaxed. However you can't replace everything and some of the brackets under the vehicle are certainly crusty. Second, during a recent front brake service, I asked that the parking brake be adjusted to within spec, which was done. Third, shortly after that service, I loaned the car to family who loaded It down with six people and gear and went camping. They told me about a "buzz or rattle" that they heard most of the time, but I assumed this to be my known heat shield rattle. When I drove the car myself (unloaded) I didn't hear anything. Fast forward to this week, and I have loaded the car down for a trip and now I am hearing a new noise, especially on bumps when the suspension compresses.
I finally crawled under the car and am ashamed to say that this is the damage I have found. From checking parts diagrams, I think this is the ebrake linkage. If so, I assume it has slack in it or the bracket you can see was broken during the service. The mechanic probably didn't think this would be a concern...
Thanks for the help.
