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Brakes by stashu11
Started on: 08-18-2025 09:49 PM
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Last post by: stashu11 on 08-31-2025 06:53 PM
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Report this Post08-18-2025 09:49 PM Click Here to See the Profile for stashu11Send a Private Message to stashu11Edit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Just some brake info. I had the bigger brake booster installed with Rodney Dickmans banjo. Initially it worked fine, but after a couple hundred miles the brakes acted up. It's like they were no longer power brakes. They worked, but the pedal was stiff, and slow to release. I took it to my mechanic and he thought it had to do with the small shaft between the new booster and the master. Nothing worked. So, he started thinking a vacuum issue. He pulled off the hose and shot some air into the hose. He said the air should only flow one way. Anyhow, at that point he put the hose back on and the brakes worked normally. I don't know exactly what the issue was, but this might help someone with a similar problem.
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Report this Post08-18-2025 11:35 PM Click Here to See the Profile for Vintage-NutSend a Private Message to Vintage-NutEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Perhaps the Power Brake Booster Check Valve was 'stuck'? {ACDelco 179-1266}

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Report this Post08-19-2025 09:11 AM Click Here to See the Profile for stashu11Send a Private Message to stashu11Edit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Thanks for your response. If it happens again, that's the first place I'll look.
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Does that part number apply to all years? Mine is an 88'
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Report this Post08-19-2025 09:47 PM Click Here to See the Profile for Vintage-NutSend a Private Message to Vintage-NutEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
My is a '88 too, so I KNOW it with fit BUT you said:
 
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I had the bigger brake booster installed with Rodney Dickmans banjo

I don't know about the 'bigger brake booster' check valve part number....?

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Report this Post08-19-2025 09:50 PM Click Here to See the Profile for stashu11Send a Private Message to stashu11Edit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Thanks so much. I'm going to replace mine, just in case. It looks easy enough for even me to do
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Report this Post08-30-2025 09:50 PM Click Here to See the Profile for stashu11Send a Private Message to stashu11Edit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Update, I replaced the check valve with the part number you provided. It fit the slightly larger S-10 brake booster perfectly. Thanks so much for your response. It's fixed because of you😊
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Report this Post08-30-2025 11:44 PM Click Here to See the Profile for Vintage-NutSend a Private Message to Vintage-NutEdit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Excellent!

If you think I gave you good advice, and if it isn't too much inconvenience; can you please give me a positive rating on this thread?

{I need all the help I can get...}
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Report this Post08-31-2025 09:11 AM Click Here to See the Profile for stashu11Send a Private Message to stashu11Edit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
I would be more than happy too, but I'm not familiar with doing so. I looked all over and can't find where to do it. Can you point me in the right direction?
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With pleasure...

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Report this Post08-31-2025 06:53 PM Click Here to See the Profile for stashu11Send a Private Message to stashu11Edit/Delete MessageReply w/QuoteDirect Link to This Post
Thanks 1985 Fiero GT. I've never used the "desktop site" before with my cell phone. I never knew it was there. At any rate, it's done...
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