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Reged: 05/09/05
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Loc: Waltham, MA
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Re: Another fine moment of "What the hell was someone thinking"
08/31/11 11:39 PM
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> Nah, worse. They replaced the master cylinder, and in the process they must have lost
> the push rod that goes between the booster and the master cylinder. The booster has a
> hollowed out piston that the push rod sits in, and the push rod makes up for a small
> gap between the booster and master pistons. They RTV'd between the master and the
> booster, and the seal was tight enough for air to actuate the master piston before
> the booster piston made contact with it. The minute the booster piston hit the master
> you'd get a jerky increase in stopping power.
Holy shit... that's dangerous as hell and is probably illegal. If that seal blew out in the middle of a panic stop, you'd be dead. I hope, at least, it was done by some amateur knucklehead and not by a "professional" mechanic. Unbelievable.
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