Should this be here?

Skeeter McSkeet · May 20, 2015

Just noticed this cable or wire (not sure what it is, brake stuff?) hanging this weekend when I dropped a fishing lure under my truck. It seems like it should be tucked somewhere more out of the way. I'm wondering if it wasn't put back correctly after having the shocks swapped out? Just seems like it would snag something rather easily going off-road. Looked at a picture I took the day I got the shocks swapped out, and it's been like that since then. I never had any need to look under there before, so don't know if it's always been like that or not.

Thanks for the input guys.

-Skeet

Silverado-Hareek · May 20, 2015

That's been typical of GM designs for a while now. Low hanging wires that can snag on things....I agree it's not a good design for going off road at all. I'm guessing it's related to the brakes since I've always seen them on Suburbans/Tahoes and trucks with rear disc brakes but my 2007 Silverado with rear drums did not have those lines/wires hanging down.

Rawyzf · May 20, 2015

Mine is the same as well.

Skeeter McSkeet · May 20, 2015

Mine is the same as well.

Guess it's normal then lol. Seems odd though for sure, I can see a tree limb popping up from running over it and ripping through that thing man.

-Skeet

POS VETT · May 20, 2015

Parking brake cable.

Silverado-Hareek · May 20, 2015

Guess it's normal then lol. Seems odd though for sure, I can see a tree limb popping up from running over it and ripping through that thing man.

-Skeet

Yeah "off road" really means "off freshly paved asphalt." A grass field or gravel road is about all the off roading you want to be doing with a stock truck haha

Skeeter McSkeet · May 20, 2015

Haha! I won't be going far off the beaten path, I'm still babying her. The farthest off road I'll be going is down to the lake or river to drop some kayaks and lines in the water or up to the camp. Won't be doing any rock crawling or muddin' around the woods. I couldn't anyway with those stock goodyears lol. I really wanna get rid of them, just can't justify it...yet.

-Skeet

Rawyzf · May 20, 2015

Just an FYI, discount tire will give you a credit on the good years, I got $200. Not much, but better than $0 and I wasn't a fan of them.

Skeeter McSkeet · May 20, 2015

I saw a few other members talking about that too. I'm guessing you need to be near a store to do this? Shipping seems like it would kill that deal. When I was looking into getting a new set, I think the closest one to me was Columbus, Ohio if I remember right.

-Skeet

Rawyzf · May 20, 2015

Yeah, would have to be a local DT store to you I'm guessing.

jeffsig · May 21, 2015

Just noticed this cable or wire (not sure what it is, brake stuff?) hanging this weekend when I dropped a fishing lure under my truck. It seems like it should be tucked somewhere more out of the way. I'm wondering if it wasn't put back correctly after having the shocks swapped out? Just seems like it would snag something rather easily going off-road. Looked at a picture I took the day I got the shocks swapped out, and it's been like that since then. I never had any need to look under there before, so don't know if it's always been like that or not.

Thanks for the input guys.

-Skeet

A little off topic but how do you like the Bilsteins shocks?

tnchevy · May 21, 2015

The odds of snagging something is surprisingly low. I drive off road a few times a week in my company rig (currently a 2012 F150) and they all have had low hanging brake lines. I am pretty rough on these trucks and over the years and have never had a brake line ripped off. You would also be surprised where you can take a stock half ton truck with decent tires (and air dams removed), especially if it is not yours!

Silverado-Hareek · May 21, 2015

The odds of snagging something is surprisingly low. I drive off road a few times a week in my company rig (currently a 2012 F150) and they all have had low hanging brake lines. I am pretty rough on these trucks and over the years and have never had a brake line ripped off. You would also be surprised where you can take a stock half ton truck with decent tires (and air dams removed), especially if it is not yours!

Yeah I need to remove my air dam

Skeeter McSkeet · May 21, 2015

A little off topic but how do you like the Bilsteins shocks?

Love them, I've got them at the highest setting up front and have no complaints. Handles all types of bumps better than the ranchos.

The odds of snagging something is surprisingly low. I drive off road a few times a week in my company rig (currently a 2012 F150) and they all have had low hanging brake lines. I am pretty rough on these trucks and over the years and have never had a brake line ripped off. You would also be surprised where you can take a stock half ton truck with decent tires (and air dams removed), especially if it is not yours!

Lol! When I was with the WV DOT I gave my company vehicles hell. Of course some of the roads we owned were actual creek beds and/or so old and overgrown they looked like quad trails, "unmaintained roads" as we called them. I had a dodge Dakota crew cab I got with 150k+ miles on that I ruined the front end in going off road. Got a jeep liberty after that and dogged it out on trails and creek beds for 80k miles. Took a new jeep patriot for a few weeks on some flood work for FEMA, then someone higher on the food chain decided they wanted that one. Then I got put in a damn s10 with the steering wheel dry rotting, ac only worked on the highest fan speed and had to recharge it a few times a week, and it wouldn't go over 40 uphill if the radio and AC were both on lol. Got put in a couple other ones until I got a new expedition and was told to be easy on it bc they were leasing it. I asked how they planned to lease it when they drilled holes everywhere for lights and light bars as well as gut the back seat and add shelves, no response. Man I miss getting to drive for free haha. Oh yes I got an escape that was 2wd and my solution to getting out of it was getting it stuck in mud on what we called "the road to nowhere". Basically an old coal haul road leading to a strip bench. Tried to give me a 90s model Taurus and a newer fusion, I told them I could get both stuck without leaving town, must have 4wd lmao.

-Skeet

tnchevy · May 21, 2015

I am in the timber industry and I am in WV quite a bit (along with 4 other states) and I go from riding 5 hours straight on the interstate to climbing some goat path or muddy logging road in 4wd the rest of the day. I always get a chuckle out of friends and family who insist that one particular brand or truck/car is better than the other. I put around 50k a year on a truck and get a new one every 3 years (150k miles) and myself and the guys I work with have had good ones to really bad ones, no matter the brand. We never have engine problems but at around 120k miles we usually start getting front end, transmission, and transfer case problems. We also get the oil changed with what ever is on contract which is usually no name dyno oil and we rarely get the oil changed on time. Makes you take a different look at vehicle reliability and how funny the "what oil do you use" threads are. My silverado though is a garage queen that rarely sees nothing much worse than a muddy field during hunting season and spends most of her time staying parked (about 4k miles a year). I don't tow much or haul a whole lot, just like full size V8 trucks. Kept my 2002 for 12 years and would have kept it longer if it had not started to rot out on me, hope to keep this 2014 for 12 or more years as well.