On Sun, July 30, 2006 10:53 pm, Rick Barnes said:
>
> Well, the booster problem is this...there is a bolt in the booster that is
> supposed to STAY in place, factory adjusted and set, that goes into the
> master cylinder when you push the pedal. However, this bolt works its way
> loose and begins to back out and takes away the slack in your brake pedal.
> It keeps tightening up the brakes as it creeps out and the fluid in the
> calipers cannot back off the piston so thus, the brakes begin locking up.
> Its always the passenger side first, (I dunno why), but eventually both will
> lock up. Its not a vacuum problem, it's a booster bolt problem and
> unfortunately, pretty common on our Daks.
The more I think about this, the more I'm wondering if our 2001 is in the
beginning stages. Is there any way it can be checked without a huge amount of
effort? Can it be adjusted in a way that it'll stay put? Or is it just a
matter of waiting until it completely fails and replacing it?
Thanks.
-- Jason Bleazard http://drazaelb.blogspot.com Burlington, Ontario his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
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