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Hi everyone! i'm new here and I come with a problem I hope yall can help me with...I recently bought a 2001 Cummins Shortbed, Quadcab, 4x4. I bought the truck sight-unseen and as is where is...When we were loading the truck I noticed the brakes hanging and the steering wheel being hard to turn...When we got it home we noticed powersteering fluid leaking and covering the underside of the engine compartment...When you push the brakes they lock and it takes about 5-10 seconds to release...any ideas??? Thanks in advance!
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Hi everyone! i'm new here and I come with a problem I hope yall can help me with...I recently bought a 2001 Cummins Shortbed, Quadcab, 4x4. I bought the truck sight-unseen and as is where is...When we were loading the truck I noticed the brakes hanging and the steering wheel being hard to turn...When we got it home we noticed powersteering fluid leaking and covering the underside of the engine compartment...When you push the brakes they lock and it takes about 5-10 seconds to release...any ideas??? Thanks in advance!
Hi everyone! i'm new here and I come with a problem I hope yall can help me with...I recently bought a 2001 Cummins Shortbed, Quadcab, 4x4. I bought the truck sight-unseen and as is where is...When we were loading the truck I noticed the brakes hanging and the steering wheel being hard to turn...When we got it home we noticed powersteering fluid leaking and covering the underside of the engine compartment...When you push the brakes they lock and it takes about 5-10 seconds to release...any ideas??? Thanks in advance!
The brakes could need some new calipers. The rubber boots may be gone and a lot of crud got in to cease up the piston. That would be a reason they lock and take for ever to release. Or, you coould have a master cylinder going bad.
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The brake master cylinder has become contaminated with power steering fluid that has leaked past the seal in the hydraboost, this causes the rubber cups to swell and block off the return flow of the fluid, thus causing the brakes to release very slowly, to verify this you can jack up a wheel, pump up the brakes and then loosen the bleeder screw, if you have pressure there than thats the problem, if your lucky it has just ruined your master, however all the wheels are likely contaminated and have swollen the rubber parts in the calipers and slaves, at the least tear them down and inspect and clean them, or they will contaminate your new master cyl.
as for the power steering fluid under the truck, your pump has likely given out which foams the oil terribly then when you shut the truck off it all spews out the cap, or less likely it is pulling in air from thehydraboost at the mentioned leaking seal and the air is foaming the oil leading to the same resuslt. Ive gotten some of these rigs in the shop before for this same problem and thats what we have found, just my 2 cents! btw welcome to the forum!
as for the power steering fluid under the truck, your pump has likely given out which foams the oil terribly then when you shut the truck off it all spews out the cap, or less likely it is pulling in air from thehydraboost at the mentioned leaking seal and the air is foaming the oil leading to the same resuslt. Ive gotten some of these rigs in the shop before for this same problem and thats what we have found, just my 2 cents! btw welcome to the forum!
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Thanks 6, I hope what you're saying is correct because I really don't wanna have to take the thing to the local dealer to get this problem taken care of...Also, have any of you seen the ball joints worn so badly that it gives the front wheels drastic amounts of camber? The front end of the truck looks like it's ready to run at Charlotte or something...
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Also, have any of you seen the ball joints worn so badly that it gives the front wheels drastic amounts of camber?
Also check your lift pump. If it is the original lift pump, go ahead and change it out too. It will save you from eventually breaking down on the side of the road, or worse ruining your VP44 and costing you $2k-$3k to fix.
The good news is that once you get it going, it will last you a long, long, long, longtime.