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Rodney
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NOV 10, 09:23 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by css9450:
Still need to swap over the mounting bracket from the Fiero booster I think?
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Yes. That is very easy to do. Grind or drill the rivet faces off your old booster and the mounting bracket comes off easily. Bolts right on the new booster. Maybe paint it first so it matches the paint on the new booster.
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Rodney Dickman
Fiero Parts And Acc's Web Page:
All new web page!:www.rodneydickman.com
Rodney Dickman's Fiero accessories
7604 Treeview Drive
Caledonia, WI 53108
Phone/Fax (262) 835-9575
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sardonyx247
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NOV 11, 05:40 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Rodney:
No longer will you need to remove and send your old booster out (saving time, money and a lot of hassle) and receive back a rebuilt booster that has been taken apart and how has used parts installed into it. No need to worry if it was assembled correctly etc.
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Talk about misinformation, and you know it. The boosters I sell have all new parts inside it, the only parts not new is the metal shell and the Fiero rod.
Worry if it was assembled correctly?.? Now who's taking the jabs at who, as you always accuse me of.?.?
I bet I put the boosters through more tests than the manufacturers do, I inspect EVERY piece of the booster, something minimum wage assembly line workers don't have time/care to do. It's fine your selling an alternative product, but don't lie about mine.
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Rodney
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NOV 11, 08:52 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by sardonyx247:
Talk about misinformation, and you know it. The boosters I sell have all new parts inside it, the only parts not new is the metal shell and the Fiero rod.
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So some of the parts are used?
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Rodney Dickman
Fiero Parts And Acc's Web Page:
All new web page!:www.rodneydickman.com
Rodney Dickman's Fiero accessories
7604 Treeview Drive
Caledonia, WI 53108
Phone/Fax (262) 835-9575
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Rodney
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NOV 11, 09:20 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by sardonyx247:
, something minimum wage assembly line workers don't have time/care to do.. |
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Sounds like a very good reason for everyone to not want to buy a rebuilt brake booster.
Good to know that all rebuilt brake boosters are rebuilt by minimum wage workers who do not care about the quality of the product they provide.
I think everyone that wants to do this should buy a "new" booster from Summit and install my banjo. Then you will have no worries about having a rebuilt booster that is rebuilt by minimum wage assembly line workers who don't care. Not my opinion. Just a logical deduction from the facts stated above.
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Rodney Dickman
Fiero Parts And Acc's Web Page:
All new web page!:www.rodneydickman.com
Rodney Dickman's Fiero accessories
7604 Treeview Drive
Caledonia, WI 53108
Phone/Fax (262) 835-9575
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ag9123
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NOV 11, 11:30 AM
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One measurement I'm interested in is the booster pushrod to M/C clearance.
I haven't seen much mention of this in the forum.
I'm thinking that this should be checked anytime a booster or M/C are replaced
due to varying tolerances if nothing else. ------------------
1984 Indy Fiero
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ag9123
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NOV 11, 11:36 AM
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The reason I mention it is because a buddy of mine recently upgraded his booster and M?C in his Trans Am
using Summit parts and the clearance was almost 1/4 inch.
Of course the brake pedal had way too much travel.
once he adjusted it to .0015, much better.
it made me think that bolting on new parts without checking the booster-M/C pushrod gap
is leaving too much to chance.
I bought a Kent Moore tool off of Ebay to check the clearance on my Indy.
I'll report back with my findings this weekend.
Using the S10 Blazer M/C with the upgraded booster, GA brake mode front and rear, SS brake lines.
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1984 Indy Fiero[This message has been edited by ag9123 (edited 11-11-2014).]
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sardonyx247
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NOV 11, 01:34 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Rodney:
Sounds like a very good reason for everyone to not want to buy a rebuilt brake booster.
Good to know that all rebuilt brake boosters are rebuilt by minimum wage workers who do not care about the quality of the product they provide.
I think everyone that wants to do this should buy a "new" booster from Summit and install my banjo. Then you will have no worries about having a rebuilt booster that is rebuilt by minimum wage assembly line workers who don't care. Not my opinion. Just a logical deduction from the facts stated above.
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I never said rebuilt, I said manufacturers, funny how you twist words around for your own benefit.
If that is what you logically deduced from what I said, then you trully are a moron.
Or just a liar.
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tshark
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NOV 11, 07:49 PM
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Rodney, you're better than this.
Look, you both sell a product for our Fiero. Some people will buy from one of you, some from the other. Some will do their own. Some won't upgrade. You both sell a product that is good, and that you're proud of. I don't know about sales or problems, but apparently sardonyx has sold these for a while. Rodney has been working on the solution he wants.
There are used parts in my Fiero. Yep. And most of the used parts are original.
Each of your products has merit, but may be specifically chosen by different people. I'm sure either solution will work.
Thank you both for your contributions to the Fiero community and for being vendors.
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Grantman
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NOV 11, 08:20 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by tshark:
Thank you both for your contributions to the Fiero community and for being vendors.
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agree!
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sardonyx247
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NOV 12, 05:28 AM
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To tshark and Grantman, thank you both.
A little history on the boosters, When I first read this, I jumped on it and tried it, it worked great, really great, I thought I could offer this to the rest of the Fiero community as all the Fieros we had, (thus tons of cores at the time) then rodney said he was going to start selling them, so I backed off and figured I would let him. Than after about a year or so he said he wasn't going to do it, so I decided to take it up and provide everyone with better brakes, I mean best brake upgrade out there. So I did, and have so for years. I have upgraded the quality over the years and provide the best that I can. It went from the first idea on here with the welded rod, then I got the equiment to disassemble the boosters and now I can swap in the correct rods. I stand behined my work. Now fighting with rodney on here over stupid s$%t, he has decided to take a jab at me financially, he has threatened me before with it. Now he is going ahead and doing it. IE the last fight we had was a couple of days ago and as of a couple of days ago he decided to start up this project again. Thus the financial jab. Everytime we fight he attacks my booster sales. (you can see it in my for sale thread) I'm done fighting, I just want to help the Fiero Community and be part of it.
Just puting the info out there.
I still plan on doing the boosters as long as Fiero owners want them.
Peace
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'87 Quad 4 H.O.
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