On the freeway, doing about 75, coming up on a slow moving truck in the middle lane. No problem, jump into the left lane. All I see is a world of brake lights. Still no problem (I got good brakes), step down on the brake pedal, a little hard because the world is stopping. I feel a little POP, and all of a sudden, no power brakes. (OH CRAPPOLA) Stand on the pedal, I am in the left lane, got a nice wide shoulder, I TRY to turn, no power steering. I am now laying on the brakes and the wheel.
I get into the shoulder, nobody swaps paint. I limp it home. Pop the hood, the line going from the hydroboost to the pump has a hole rubbed in the steel from contact with another hose. Replaced for cheap.
Check it out, make sure yours aint rubbing anywhere. Lot's of pucker factor.
It's hard to think of the e brake in a split second huh? good thing you had a breakdown lane to the left. Might have gotten interesting. Glad everything worked out. Thanks for the tip. You might want to make a sticky on this one
Same thing happened to me but luckily I was just backing up. PS fluid EVERYWHERE. Mine wore through the hose where it made contact with the shock tower. Make sure you check there and perhaps tie it back.
I had the same problem with my 01 chevy. The only difference is I had a gooseneck dump trailer hooked to me with about 10k of concrete rubble in it. Pucker factor yup:doh:
Thread is a bit old, but I have something else to add...
99 7.3 w/ 210K, developed a power steering leak coming from the pump-to-boost hose, at the pump housing fitting. Well that's right next to the intercooler duct pipe, and mine was resting right against that fitting, even chafing the insulation.
So just that slight contact over the years ended up causing that fitting to leak.
When I replace that hose I'm going to rotate that duct a bit so it's away from that fitting. Something else you guys might want to take a look at...
lol to funny.....also mine was rubbing on my shock tower....found it before a hole was rubbed through!!!
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