Yep. No rust on those lines, just dirt. I had the small hole patched up at my friendly local welding shop for $30. I'm reinstalling it tonight and will post pictures on the samba thread. I expect to get some heat though as I'm short on time so I'll wait until next weekend to re route the ebrake cable. Lee On Thursday, June 9, 2011, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote: > The van in question is right here in Olympia, and the simple fact is, vans > and their undercarriage peripherals just don't rust here in the PNW like > they do back east and up north. This has to be an abrasive wear-through, > versus a standard rust-through. > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Frank, I do think so. The picture is quite clear, and so is the >> owner's description, the pipe was worn away. Of course a rubber >> covered cable can wear away a steel line. Think about it, road grit as >> the abrasive between the 2 rubbing surfaces. >> >> Did you think about that? >> >> alistair >> >> >> >> On 8-Jun-11, at 2:30 AM, Frank Condelli wrote: >> >> Well, there's a novel idea ! A plastic covered cable wearing >>> through a metal line ! I don't think so. Those metal power >>> steering lines are just simply rusting away ! Replace them with my >>> hoses > www.frankcondelli.com/hose.htm >>> >>> >>> On 2011-06-07, at 4:42 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: >>> >>> IrideWheelies posted some interesting pics on the Samba showing how >>>> his E brake had rubbed the high pressure PS line enough to cause a >>>> leak. >>>> >>>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=467515 >>>> >>> >>> > > > -- > Casey > |
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