moparjet

i got new ft brake hoses for my truck and the new left front hose has a extra line coming in the side of the hose. do i just plug it or did i get the wrong hose? what is the extra line for? the old one doesnt have the extra hole.

Copenhagenjunkie

Must be for ABS. That's all I can think of.

torquefan

Nope, that's where a line tees off and goes to the right front wheel. Maybe they stopped doing that when they went to the bigger calipers in 2000, but I know the 94-99 trucks have it.

Junk Man

The left hose on my 2000 was tapped so that the right brake line would hook up. It should be obvious. If yours is different, perhaps the 3500 differs from the 2500 or someone has rigged yours. (I glanced at the 01 FSM & didn't see a diagram but haven't searched hard. Regardless, the tapp is for the right line. Post back when you figure it out.

Junk Man

Is yours not tapped or does this comment represent a SWAG?

moparjet

my old hose is not tapped.. the line to the other side goes through another fitting. 00 3500 must be diff. maybe a prodution split?

Junk Man

The parts store gave me wrong hoses 3 times. They had a list of brake hoses. I finally had 2 stores order the set & bought what matched what I had in hand. Left hose came from 1 store, right came from the other.

torquefan

At this point I would be getting one from Dodge, using the truck's serial number.

moparjet

i think i will stick a line plug in it. everything else matches perfect

JKM

you have the wrong line. the one you have is for a truck with rear wheel ABS, you need one for a truck with 4 wheel ABS

torquefan

Yeah that makes good sense. Of course a truck with 4 wheel ABS would have a separate channel for each front wheel, instead of having both supplied from the same line.