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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    The brake pedal nut had to be adjuster slightly. It was not far back enough, so my brake light switch was left on a closed circuit. (tail lights were staying on when brake pedal wasnt engaged.) That required a little tweaking.

    Also a note that agaiin the swivel adapter prved to be a blessing for getting the top nut of the booster bolt that was under the pedal inside the vehicle. There are a total of 4 and 2 of them took about 20 minutes haha

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Mad JDM honda matching paint on that booster baby!

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    The resivoir did not come with the new cylinder, sop i just cleaned the original and swapped. Definately had some contimination going on.

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Nice kitty!

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Looking good man. You know, you can remove that whole Air Suction setup from the top of your intake manifold. Just cut the tube off of your exhaust manifold and crimp it shut with some pliers and then you can take all that off.

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    i was curious to how i should approach that. i definately think its hidious i may try to find some kind plud to put in the exhaust some threaded piece. thank you for the tip brother. i wa pictures to get an idea.

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Or if you can cut a little round piece of metal the size of that bung, I bet an exhaust shop would weld the bung closed on the end of that tube for you for a couple of bucks.

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    E=2ndGenGuy;1127887]Or if you can cut a little round piece of metal the size of that bung, I bet an exhaust shop would weld the bung closed on the end of that tube for you for a couple of bucks.[/QUOTE]

    Thats pro ally a route I can go. Same thing pro ally for the egr too huh? I don't like seeing the hideous thing!

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Is that how they mounted the A/C compressors on the '83s? Far out.

    Before spending a lot of money on new calipers, check your caliper guide pins. If they are not lubed properly or simply chewed up, they can cause a lot of problems. You can probably replace both with dealer parts for less than the cost of one new caliper.
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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr_Snooz View Post
    Is that how they mounted the A/C compressors on the '83s? Far out.

    Before spending a lot of money on new calipers, check your caliper guide pins. If they are not lubed properly or simply chewed up, they can cause a lot of problems. You can probably replace both with dealer parts for less than the cost of one new caliper.
    Wow! Thank you. This will give me something to do this evening. I have a feeling the rotor(s) are warped though for the duration that they seized up. Its really strange. Its like some days the brakes feel really touch other day normal. I'm getting the vibration today in the brake pedal and the steering wheel. I think worst case scenario I will replace calipers and rotors. But at leat the rotors I feel are goners.

    This doesn't feel like coincidence. After replacing the m.s. and b.b I have been getting these issues? Any reason why?

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Check the booster pushrod make sure it's not actually pressing the brake when it's not. Heres how I check mine since mine isn't stock and factory measurement mean nothing to me: I would jack the front or rear wheel and see if it's dragging then I would undo the pushrod nut a few turns and check the wheels again.

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Yeah Hazwan is right there, but you could also have gotten one of the calipers stuck when you were doing the bleeding. Everything always seems to work great until you dislodge some crap that gets the caliper stuck. But also like Snooz said people do brake jobs and often neglect to clean and lube the slider pins or any other moving parts.

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    you need to adjust the free play properly with a new booster, or the brakes will gradually start to lock over time

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Quote Originally Posted by lostforawhile View Post
    you need to adjust the free play properly with a new booster, or the brakes will gradually start to lock over time
    Wow OK. I did have to extend the bolt to get the brake light switch to be disengaged (brake light off) should I just adjust the but on the booster by the pedal back off? How do you mean it starts to lock up after a while?

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Quote Originally Posted by charliefowle03 View Post
    Wow OK. I did have to extend the bolt to get the brake light switch to be disengaged (brake light off) should I just adjust the but on the booster by the pedal back off? How do you mean it starts to lock up after a while?
    this has nothing to do with the brake light switch, thats a separate adjustment, if there isnt enough free play between the pedal arm and the booster the booster will never fully release and over time will apply gradually more pressure to the master cylinder, this is a common issue when changing boosters

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Pushrod clearance look fine to me but you said passenger side caliper is fine so its probably your caliper or the brake hose on the driver's side. How old are they? I'd replace them all if they're hardened up. As for the caliper You can either try rebuilding them or get a reman unit.

    I had the same issue with seized caliper that it actually smoking. Replacing the O-ring on the piston did the trick. I'd fix that asap before it would start ruining everything else from the heat! It can't be good for your bearing grease thats for sure

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Having your throttle cable kinked like that will make the throttle sticky. That's probably your idle issue. If you don't get it fixed, however, it could cause a crash.

    The only way to diagnose your brakes is to pull the wheel and see what's going on.
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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr_Snooz View Post
    Having your throttle cable kinked like that will make the throttle sticky. That's probably your idle issue. If you don't get it fixed, however, it could cause a crash.

    The only way to diagnose your brakes is to pull the wheel and see what's going on.
    It is nessecarily restricting the cable from retracting but when I'm at 65mph and I let off the gas it will actually downshift and the Rpms will rise. About 250rpm. But I will definitely read the PDF. Thank you

    As for the brakes its becoming intermittent. Once warmed up the sensitivity varies. The vibrations will come in after 20 minutes of driving. Then I feel theb brakes locking up. It warped the driver side rotor and brake Lin appears to be fine. Um going to order some new calipers and rotors this week.

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    Re: 1983 Brake booster failure?

    Ordered new Beck/Arnley Calipers, Beck/Arnley Rotors,and som eeconomy pads from RockAuto.com today....$101 shipped. used a 5% off coupon in the appearance thread on the home page...Noice. more pics to come...3-4 business days from now

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    still waiting on the delivery.. Since its a holiday, most likely will get the goods tomorrow. Moar to come!!

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