Help Me Here....
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Help Me Here....
Ok here is the deal. A friend of mine brought her DA to me about a week ago with an interesting problem. Her ex, removed the ABS and converted it to non ABS! Why? We dont know. It has a B18C1 swap.
It took me a while to figure it out, but here goes. As she drives, could be for 1 mile, could be for 10miles. As her car gets hotter her brakes lock up. Which means the fluid is expanding forcing the brake pistons to open. I got advice that it could be the dual proportioning valve or the brake booster adjusting rod needed adjusting. When i looked up on how to do it, there is a special tool from Honda that no-one has and its like $200! So we found this...PART 7 - Adjusting the Master Cylinder pushrod we did that. The 14mm locknut had "lock-tite" on it and we just about stripped it out. So we removed the Brake booster (after having to takle the huge S2 intake maifold off for clearance) and replaced the locknut. Now that everything has been put back together I have adjusted the pushrod all the way in, and all the way out. the pedal still feels hard and the brakes lock up after a while. I am convinced the the Booster needs to be replaced, some say its the proportioning valve.
What do you think?? Here is a write up on how the booster works, that convinces me that its the problem. PART 5 - How the Master Cylinder works
If I am way off here, lmk please.
It took me a while to figure it out, but here goes. As she drives, could be for 1 mile, could be for 10miles. As her car gets hotter her brakes lock up. Which means the fluid is expanding forcing the brake pistons to open. I got advice that it could be the dual proportioning valve or the brake booster adjusting rod needed adjusting. When i looked up on how to do it, there is a special tool from Honda that no-one has and its like $200! So we found this...PART 7 - Adjusting the Master Cylinder pushrod we did that. The 14mm locknut had "lock-tite" on it and we just about stripped it out. So we removed the Brake booster (after having to takle the huge S2 intake maifold off for clearance) and replaced the locknut. Now that everything has been put back together I have adjusted the pushrod all the way in, and all the way out. the pedal still feels hard and the brakes lock up after a while. I am convinced the the Booster needs to be replaced, some say its the proportioning valve.
What do you think?? Here is a write up on how the booster works, that convinces me that its the problem. PART 5 - How the Master Cylinder works
If I am way off here, lmk please.
Last edited by RealCustomCoatings; Jun 4, 2007 at 11:04 AM.
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i had the same problem,,its the brake booster
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happened the same to me with the rex...but try this.....unplug vacuum hose going to booster and cap it off.....then go drive it.....shouldnt lock up...thats how i drove home from orlando to ft myers.....then u know u have a booster problem, most likely unless twiddle-dee did something f'ed up with the lines and pro. valve
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175+served in engines built from minime to gsr/lsvtec,b16 b20vtec,d15 k24 powerhouses or just rebuilds.life is good
i like when people don't take my advice.cause then i make more money when u need it rebuild the right way!
how many speed holes do i need in my bumper,b4 i can run 15's?
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happened the same to me with the rex...but try this.....unplug vacuum hose going to booster and cap it off.....then go drive it.....shouldnt lock up...thats how i drove home from orlando to ft myers.....then u know u have a booster problem, most likely unless twiddle-dee did something f'ed up with the lines and pro. valve
thats exactly what happened! I f'd up something with the booster. I picked up a booster from a guy on TR our in Haines City. Worked perfectly and all is well! I tell u what though....I never wanna do a booster job in DA ever again. NO F'IN ROOM FOR A CHIUAUA TO WORK!!!
thanx for the advice though guys.....rep given to all of you!
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well where is my rep lol
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