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11-28-2008, 05:31 AM
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1986 CJ7
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Brake Booster
I put a Brake Booster on my 1986 CJ-7. All the hard lines were changed and a full system bleed. The only item that wasn't changed was the porportioning valve. Should this be changed??? Is there a difference between the one used on a system with a brake booster and one without? I don't seem to be getting the braking that I thought I would the upgrade.
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11-28-2008, 06:56 AM
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1983 CJ7
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When I swapped over to power brakes, I had to fab up an adjustable brake rod. When you swapped in the booster, did you get a new brake rod(Pedal to booster) with it? Or are you using your old one off the manual brakes?
One I put a longer rod on, my brakes worked much better.
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11-28-2008, 07:14 AM
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1984 CJ7
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dickson City, Pa. (North East, Pa), Pa
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If you upgraded to a CJ power brke system you won't see much of a difference. The proportioning valve is the same for power and non-power brakes.
Did you switch to a power brake master cylinder? -
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11-28-2008, 08:40 AM
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1983 CJ7
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I am going to have to respectfully disagree with you on that. I went from standing on the brake pedal to 1/3 pedal darn nears locks up all 4 brakes. I put the CJ booster and M/C on mine and made the longer brake rod for it. Not much difference prior to the new brake rod though.
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11-28-2008, 09:02 AM
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1985 CJ7
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The CJ power brakes are much better then the CJ non-powered brakes, but overall still suck compared to comparable units. My old CJ had non-power brakes and I did the YJ swap and the first time I hit the brakes on the neighborhood test drive my head almost hit the windshield. Sold that CJ and the new CJ I have came with factory PB and have nowhere near the stopping power as the YJ PB's had.
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