Spoon Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 How can you tell if a brake booster is gone? I had it in a shop and they told me it was toast. I can step on the brakes and stop going in town speeds, but highway speeds it doesn't seem to stop as fast. Is there a way to test the booster? could it maybe be the master cylinder? Quote
Supreme Cutlass Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 a bad brake booster will make the pedal feel hard. Quote
Spoon Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Posted October 26, 2005 when stepping on the brakes I can hear the booster kick in, but the pedal feels hard. The pedal doesn't go down very much. Can a booster be 1/2 good? Quote
Supreme Cutlass Posted October 26, 2005 Report Posted October 26, 2005 What do you mean when you say that you can hear it kick in?? Do you have a Powermaster III system? If so, that's totally different than vacuum boosted. Quote
Spoon Posted October 27, 2005 Author Report Posted October 27, 2005 No its a vaccum booster. You can hear a quick his when the brake is applied. Quote
1990lumina Posted October 27, 2005 Report Posted October 27, 2005 Sounds like it's leaking then?? Quote
Supreme Cutlass Posted October 27, 2005 Report Posted October 27, 2005 Then yes, your booster is toast. Quote
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