someone please help me with my brakes!

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Feb 28, 2007 | 07:15 PM

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alexdimen

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Originally Posted by clokker

Are you mixing/matching parts from different years (or maybe even Turbo/nonTurbo)?
I wonder if pushrods vary and that's what the trouble is.
If possible, grab a matched set from a known good car and see if the combo MC and booster is where the trouble lies.

All of these parts have come from S4 N/A.

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Originally Posted by alexdimen

I had to adjust the pushrod to be much shorter to get the proper clearance to the cylinder piston.

I was wrong, I actually had to adjust the pushrod much further out than it had been in order to get the clearance down.

At the shop, we actually put a ball bearing in the master cylinder hole to get the clearance down without running out of threads. Not that it helped the pedal feel...

Feb 28, 2007 | 07:44 PM

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Still sounds to me as though there is a mechanical, as opposed to hydraulic, problem at the root of this.

You shouldn't have to add a ball bearing to take up slack.

I ran into a similar situation when I swapped a later model booster into my 240Z...this was five or so years ago so I don't remember the exact problem, but I do remember having to get creative mixing the actuator rods to get things right.

I've been wrong before, though.

Mar 11, 2007 | 12:10 AM

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