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IDI Engine / Re: Booster full of brake fluid
« Last post by ORCoaster on March 08, 2024, 09:29:21 pm »Today was a beautiful sunshiny day to work on the brakes again.
Yesterday I got off work an hour early so I used that daylight to pull the MC and booster off the truck. I found that the front seal on the booster was allowing air to sneak in next to the shaft that engages the MC. So I found a way to seal it up without buying a new front seal. I am not sure you can even do that.
I applied a vacuum on the booster and it held for a long time and was released when I pushed on the pedal shaft. OK got that part fixed and I had already gone through a second MC I bought off a guy on CL. So today I slapped it all back together and tested it out.
HMM mushy brakes, but I had yet to bleed them so I did that and I have a low pedal but not bad brakes. When I had the booster apart I tried to turn that little nut on the end and it just would not budge. So rather than break it off I am just going to live with brakes that are a bit lower to the floor than I would like them to be. Other than that they will send you rocking forward if you hit them with much force.
So, now to do something else with it. We are in for another 5 days of rain so I will have plenty of time to think about what I want to do next.
Yesterday I got off work an hour early so I used that daylight to pull the MC and booster off the truck. I found that the front seal on the booster was allowing air to sneak in next to the shaft that engages the MC. So I found a way to seal it up without buying a new front seal. I am not sure you can even do that.
I applied a vacuum on the booster and it held for a long time and was released when I pushed on the pedal shaft. OK got that part fixed and I had already gone through a second MC I bought off a guy on CL. So today I slapped it all back together and tested it out.
HMM mushy brakes, but I had yet to bleed them so I did that and I have a low pedal but not bad brakes. When I had the booster apart I tried to turn that little nut on the end and it just would not budge. So rather than break it off I am just going to live with brakes that are a bit lower to the floor than I would like them to be. Other than that they will send you rocking forward if you hit them with much force.
So, now to do something else with it. We are in for another 5 days of rain so I will have plenty of time to think about what I want to do next.