88 New Yorker - Brake hoses not available ?

Jul 21, 2004 4 Replies
88 Chrysler New Yorker 3.0 with factory Bosch ABS 4 wheel disk brakes. Daughter came home from mall and said brake light was on.

Looked under car and metal brake line rotted thru just in front of left rear tire. The hose it connects to looks marginal so decided we should replace it all from master cylinder back to caliper.



Problem is this hose seems to be close to impossible to procure. This is the hose that threads thru the arm that holds the rear suspension in place. My neighbor who owns a local garage claims Chrysler stopped using these style hoses around 1998 and it might take 2 weeks to find a source for them..



Anyone else run into this with brake parts. I know 1988 was back awhile but it seems surprising if they were using them in 1998 that they have purged most of this stock. Steve


Horseshit.

NAPA-United UBP38646 , 9-3/8" long, about $20.

owns a local

IIRC Certified and Wagner still have them available - same hose as the non ABS car. (are you sure you have rear discs?). My 88 New Yorker Landau just lost the brakes a couple weeks back. About 3 inches of line was bad, the rest was like new,so I cut the line, installed a new line nut, double flared it and installed a union and a made-up 4" line.

In article , snipped-for-privacy@snyder.on.ca

Yes.. just replaced one rotor in the rear. Thanks for the info. Steve

The car is repaired with new brake hose. The reason for the parts procurement delay was because he prefers to use brake parts from Chrysler rather than aftermarket.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Steve

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