anyone torn apart brake booster to blast? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

brans72 · 12-02-2010, 03:25 PM

I have a brake booster set up I would like to use on my truck but it needs to be cleaned up. I was wondering if anyone here has taken a booster apart to blast and reinstalled booster. Tips are welcome here Brandon

Keith Seymore · 12-02-2010, 04:23 PM

One of my Pontiac buddies just did:

http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...hlight=booster

K

chipflyer · 12-02-2010, 04:37 PM

I have also. It would be easy if you had the special tool to turn the outer piece, it would be like a big spanner wrench I presume and could probably be made. I held the back piece in a vice and used a hammer and brass drift to carefully tap/turn the outer half and separate the 2 pieces. It is pretty simple with just a few internal parts.
I searched high and low and never really found replacement parts for them but I would guess the diaphragms are out there somewhere, probably Mexico where all the rebuilds come from.

Jeff

12-02-2010, 03:25 PM	#1
brans72 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Durham,NC Posts: 636	anyone torn apart brake booster to blast? I have a brake booster set up I would like to use on my truck but it needs to be cleaned up. I was wondering if anyone here has taken a booster apart to blast and reinstalled booster. Tips are welcome here Brandon

12-02-2010, 04:23 PM	#2
Keith Seymore Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Motor City Posts: 9,213	Re: anyone torn apart brake booster to blast? One of my Pontiac buddies just did: http://forums.performanceyears.com/f...hlight=booster K __________________ Chevrolet Flint Assembly 1979-1986 GM Full Size Truck Engineering 1986 - 2019 Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 My Pontiac story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/

12-02-2010, 04:37 PM	#3
chipflyer Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Topeka, Ks Posts: 2,293	Re: anyone torn apart brake booster to blast? I have also. It would be easy if you had the special tool to turn the outer piece, it would be like a big spanner wrench I presume and could probably be made. I held the back piece in a vice and used a hammer and brass drift to carefully tap/turn the outer half and separate the 2 pieces. It is pretty simple with just a few internal parts. I searched high and low and never really found replacement parts for them but I would guess the diaphragms are out there somewhere, probably Mexico where all the rebuilds come from. Jeff __________________ I'm not a pessimist, I'm just optimistic that bad things are going to happen. 1971 Cheyenne Super K10 - tilt, cruise, air, am/fm, tow hooks, factory buckets! 1986 Jeep J10 pickup, - 5.3L Vortec with 4L60e and NP241.



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