1997 Toyota 4Runner Repair shortcuts

1997 TOYOTA 4RUNNER
150,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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CJROZ
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Have you ever heard of Mechanics clamping off the rear brake line while doing work on the front brakes? I just took my 4Runner into a Toyota dealer and they found my rear brake line clamped off with a vice grip. They had to go up above the spare tire to find this "clamp" and it was placed on a short piece of flexible brake line between to rigid metal lines. They asked if I had any enemies? I asked why they might have done this, because I had no enemies and they were the last ones to work on the vehicle and they did brake work. I am thinking this was some kind of short cut one of their mechanics used and forgot to undo.

Any thoughts?

I can't believe anyone would have crawled under my vehicle and done this, much less known where to find the tube to clamp.
Dec 20, 2007 at 5:31 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Its probably because a wheel cylinder is leaking and no money and time to do it
Dec 20, 2007 at 5:38 PM
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