dropzone

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The brake booster on 1st gen Trucks is pretty dang small and the brakes suck to begin with and throw bigger tires on there you are stressing a system designs for 225/75/15's. I saw this thread over on Pirate and thought that I would pass it on, relatively cheap and easy upgrade.. Thanks to drsmash for finding a great way to improve some brake systems that are getting old and tired
I will be doing this one soon...

http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=689905


part # at napa: both 2 and 4 wheel 532460


the newer booster is a dual diaphram so it should improve braking dramatically.

Pictures are from original thread:

waskillywabbit

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Yep, good upgrade.

yota81

did you change anything else when you did this? or is it ok to just change out the booster and leave everything else stock?

dropzone

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no I have not done this yet....please see the link to the original thread over on Pirate...from what I read there you only remove the thick spacer and it is a direct bolt in after you swap your master cylinder over...but I did check Napa today, new these things are $260'ish. I will be hitting the boneyard soon...

Scooby098

rock auto wanted like 170 I belive.. Im going to have to go new think my booster is out , cause nothing is leaking since I do have pressure when the truck is runnning so yah gonna get mine on the first.

Al's Chop Shop

let me talk with my parts guy this weekend, i bet i can get you a deal. i really want to do this mod to mine because it's scary to stop the 33's in a hurry. now if i could only get the dash brake light to go off....

Al

Scooby098

heard you have to knock the green box to make if go off by driver side. Yah I got 36's lol I have to leave a big cusion and crazy people like to cut in at the last minute not fun.

phildelfino

ocdropzone, very good find. Dr. Smash ( Eric ) is a wealth of knowledge and a great fabber.

dropzone

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Thanks, he has a pretty cool truck, have spent some time drooling over his truck. Sounds like a great guy too

Al: that would be cool. I Know what you mean about stopping quickly..
It might be a little while before I could do it though. I just committed myself to having some fab work done in the next 2-3 weeks. Killer deal on getting my front bumper done and modifying the rear bumper to a rear swing out spare mount..

nico

Bad master cylinder?

Al's Chop Shop

PM coming at ya on the price.

can't wait to see the bumpers. local guy doing the work?

Al

dropzone

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thanks Al, that price is pretty good. Replied to your PM.
As far as the bumpers it is a guy down in Mt. Angel, Derek of Revenge Fab.
I think I am gonna have him do my internal cage too.
He did all the tube work on this thing:

My front bumper will be something like this, with out the stinger being quite so high.
You might see it around town now, guess the guy that owns Black Rock Coffe owns this truck