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Anonymous Posted on Jun 23, 2014

Brake booster or master cilinder problems

Car has a hard time stopping

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Be more specific
is the peddle very hard, or like a light spring and spongy
do the brakes feel normal but the car just seems to keep traveling???

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Thomas F. Schneider

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  • Posted on Dec 28, 2008

SOURCE: brake pedal will not depress

Let the fluid out of the master cylinder or from a line. If the pedel  then goes down w/o the fluid, then the booster is working ok. Rebuild or replace the master cylinder. 

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jerry emmons

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  • Posted on Sep 04, 2009

SOURCE: Brakes go all the way to the floor and is hard to

try to stop your car on gravel if the rear does not stop the rear either has a blown brake line or a bad wheel cylinder

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 01, 2013

SOURCE: Very low brake pedal on 95 Chrysler LHS

master cyl

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 31, 2013

SOURCE: brake booster/vacuum problem

You have to go to manifold vac. for the booster to work right.

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