Brake Hose selection help.

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Gary68 said:



i would take it off and take it to local autoparts store and make sure it was a match


How do I know if I have 2 wheel ABS or 4 wheel ABS?  It has ABS because the ABS light goes on. Thanks.
 
find yourself a real parts guy or gal. they usually have grey hair and wear glasses. take your line to them and tell them what you need they will find it. if you are unsure if you have 2 wheel or 4 wheel antilock look for the electrical lines going to each wheel. note on the rear you might have only one line going to the differential carrier, that big ole cast iron thingy in the middle of your axle. highdesertranger
 
highdesertranger said:
find yourself a real parts guy or gal.  they usually have grey hair and wear glasses.    highdesertranger

All of them are like 19-20 year old Hispanics that don't seem to want to work there.
 
Ok, it was a lot easier than I thought. And the hose burst was due to the rubber making contact with something hot and it burnt a hole after some time. I can't imagine losing my brakes while going down a mountain.

And Autozone was able to input my VIN# in to get the right specs. And there I was, badmouthing them. Although I almost got the wrong one that wouldn't have fit due to the 1st one given to me being a wrong one, that was put back in the wrong packaging. Good thing I took the old hose w/me, as advised by Gary. Thanks guys.

Autozone was very helpful. While Advanced Auto, 5 stores down in the same lot; one of their cashiers tried to scam me by shortchanging $10. This guy was really good and schemed it on the fly after I used a coupon.
 
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