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Do you mean that if the Jeep is stopped, and you rev the engine, that the pedal feel changes? Because that sounds like a vacuum issue. Or do you mean that if you try to drive while applying the brakes, the brakes don't prevent the car from moving? Because then I'd agree with heyhar that it...

When you install the new booster, be sure to adjust the pushrod properly! There should be a few millimeters of play in the pedal before the booster pushrod makes contact with the master cylinder. The fluid in the brake system expands as the brakes are used, and if there's not that free play in...

Thanks for the offer. I'll be here for two or three more years at least, so I hope I'll be able to make it to some of these races.

It's alright. It probably wouldn't have been much fun in the Civic I brought out to Albuquerque. Still, :doh:

Why didn't I see this thread three days ago? I could have been there. :rattle:

Post pictures when you start that project! Little bikes like that are great. A good friend of mine back in New York has built cafe racers out of a cb160 and a cb200.

This is just a guess, and I don't know if it will work, but what if you disconnected the vacuum line and plugged the port on the booster somehow? If you pumped the brakes with it plugged, wouldn't you be able to tell if the leak was in the booster itself rather than somewhere in the vacuum line...

Did you bench bleed the master cylinder? I replaced the booster and the master cylinder in my DD civic last summer and didn't properly adjust the pushrod on the new booster at first. When I realized that, and adjusted the pushrod, the brake pedal went straight to the floor. I pulled the...

If the pedal is high and hard with the engine off, and stays high and hard when you start the engine, that sounds like a bad booster. The pedal should sink a little bit when the engine starts and the vacuum-assist kicks in.

If I were you, before I spent any money replacing parts, I'd remove the master cylinder, bench bleed it, then reinstall it and bleed all four wheels. If that doesn't help, you're only out a few bucks for the brake fluid.

I put a Cardone booster into my Civic last summer and have had no problems with it.

Are you planning to do rearset footpegs too? I turned a Honda CX 500 into a Cafe Racer a few years ago: I plan to pick up a bike very similar to yours when I'm more comfortable with the roads here in Albuquerque. The CX platform was great for reliability, but it's hard to customize. I...

At least on my 1990, there's a tiny c-clip on the odometer shaft. Pull it out, and you can separate the individual 'digits' on the odometer and spin them freely by hand. Then just press them back together and insert the c-clip again, and you're good to go. I can't remember if the odometer...

Have you checked the vacuum line running to the booster for leaks?

Pump the brake pedal with the engine off until it's firm, then start the engine. If the booster's working properly, you'll feel the pedal depress 1/2" or so as the vacuum assist kicks in.