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firedemon · 04-25-2020, 09:14 PM

anyone else have this problem with the rod from your booster to pedal . please everyone be careful and use the factory rod if possible when switching to power brakes . this isn't worth your time money and not least your life . it was an ebay purchase and from some time ago so I cant even remember whos product it was . be careful out there

**Steeveedee** · 04-25-2020, 09:27 PM

Yoicks! I bought an aftermarket kit to upgrade to disc brakes on my truck, and one of the tests I made was to stand on the pedal (once everything was bled and adjusted) with both feet, just to assure myself that this wouldn't happen. When i worked as a mechanic (and even afterwards) I always said, "I don't care what is wrong with your vehicle, but no matter what, it has to be able to stop safely!" I'm glad I did, because the wife and I went camping in February and I had to make a panic stop on the freeway when somebody did something stupid in front of a semi. You never know when something far ahead is going to ripple to you. The semi's tires were smoking. I'd like for people to get flogged when they do stupid life-threatening stuff, especially when they're in front of 80k pounds. I had plenty of clearance, but things still get unnerving.

my kids toy · 04-26-2020, 04:38 AM

The way I see it is It was not adjusted correctly, the rod can only travel so far into the system and something had to give because of too much travel, it was the rod or your firewall that had to give.

firedemon · 04-27-2020, 08:34 PM

it might look adjustable but it is not . if it were any shorter it would pull the pedal away from the brake switch and keep the lights on . if any longer you would never get the pin into the pedal . as far as that specific rod the end that is bent if it were adjusted with the rod further into the u shaped part it would bind the rod into the petal and you couldn't get the pin into the petal . that dictates how the other side is adjusted so please explain how it could be adjusted wrong .

**special-K** · 04-27-2020, 09:51 PM

You should be able to push like there is no tomorrow and not bend a brake pushrod no matter what. Looks like non-hardened steel was used. Inferior product.

**Boog** · 04-28-2020, 05:05 AM

There was another case of bent brake pedal rod just a month or so ago and I may be mistaken but I think it was also an ebay purchase. Never in all my many years of wrenching have I seen an OE rod bend.

firedemon · 04-28-2020, 08:34 PM

you can see where its stretched it looks like regular unhardened steel . when it was new being painted black it was hard to tell . I guess the silver instead of gold nuts should have been the give away . lesson learned . hope others converting to power brakes check those rods that come with them

firedemon · 04-28-2020, 08:46 PM

i saw that post and i had already bent mine when i saw it . i just now have had the good weather to be able to get it out . there was something different about how the factory rod on the non power rod fit to the newer power booster bracketry that i couldn't use the factory rod i dont remember what it was though now . i have never seen a factory rod bend either .

04-25-2020, 09:14 PM	#1
firedemon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: @ Posts: 890	crap aftermarket parts anyone else have this problem with the rod from your booster to pedal . please everyone be careful and use the factory rod if possible when switching to power brakes . this isn't worth your time money and not least your life . it was an ebay purchase and from some time ago so I cant even remember whos product it was . be careful out there Attached Images

04-25-2020, 09:27 PM	#2
Steeveedee Who Changed This? Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 10,724	Re: crap aftermarket parts Yoicks! I bought an aftermarket kit to upgrade to disc brakes on my truck, and one of the tests I made was to stand on the pedal (once everything was bled and adjusted) with both feet, just to assure myself that this wouldn't happen. When i worked as a mechanic (and even afterwards) I always said, "I don't care what is wrong with your vehicle, but no matter what, it has to be able to stop safely!" I'm glad I did, because the wife and I went camping in February and I had to make a panic stop on the freeway when somebody did something stupid in front of a semi. You never know when something far ahead is going to ripple to you. The semi's tires were smoking. I'd like for people to get flogged when they do stupid life-threatening stuff, especially when they're in front of 80k pounds. I had plenty of clearance, but things still get unnerving. __________________ ~Steven '70 Chevy 3/4T Longhorn CST 402/400/3.56 Custom Camper Simi Valley, CA

04-26-2020, 04:38 AM	#3
my kids toy Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Grand Haven, mi Posts: 269	Re: crap aftermarket parts The way I see it is It was not adjusted correctly, the rod can only travel so far into the system and something had to give because of too much travel, it was the rod or your firewall that had to give.

04-27-2020, 08:34 PM	#4
firedemon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: @ Posts: 890	Re: crap aftermarket parts it might look adjustable but it is not . if it were any shorter it would pull the pedal away from the brake switch and keep the lights on . if any longer you would never get the pin into the pedal . as far as that specific rod the end that is bent if it were adjusted with the rod further into the u shaped part it would bind the rod into the petal and you couldn't get the pin into the petal . that dictates how the other side is adjusted so please explain how it could be adjusted wrong .

04-27-2020, 09:51 PM	#5
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: crap aftermarket parts You should be able to push like there is no tomorrow and not bend a brake pushrod no matter what. Looks like non-hardened steel was used. Inferior product. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

04-28-2020, 05:05 AM	#6
Boog laying low Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Searcy, Ark. USA Posts: 13,535	Re: crap aftermarket parts There was another case of bent brake pedal rod just a month or so ago and I may be mistaken but I think it was also an ebay purchase. Never in all my many years of wrenching have I seen an OE rod bend. __________________ Boog 69 Chevy stepside, 358/T350, 4.11 posi, 4.5/4 drop, rallys, poboy driver primer is finer 91 Chevy sportside, Tahoe, Yukon & GMC Crewcab All GM..'nuff said. I stand for the flag and kneel at the cross

04-28-2020, 08:34 PM	#7
firedemon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: @ Posts: 890	Re: crap aftermarket parts you can see where its stretched it looks like regular unhardened steel . when it was new being painted black it was hard to tell . I guess the silver instead of gold nuts should have been the give away . lesson learned . hope others converting to power brakes check those rods that come with them

04-28-2020, 08:46 PM	#8
firedemon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: @ Posts: 890	Re: crap aftermarket parts i saw that post and i had already bent mine when i saw it . i just now have had the good weather to be able to get it out . there was something different about how the factory rod on the non power rod fit to the newer power booster bracketry that i couldn't use the factory rod i dont remember what it was though now . i have never seen a factory rod bend either .



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