Greetings,

I just drove home my "new" 1979 Bronco on Monday. Now I have a whole stable of Ford trucks ('69 F100, '86 F350 and the Bronco)!

The Bronco has really bad brakes with a leaky master cylinder.

So I am changing both master cylinder and booster.

I've got the master cylinder off with no problems. But the nuts for the booster are pretty inaccessible.

What is the best way to remove the booster? Do I remove it from the bracket or should I remove the bracket AND booster from the firewall?

Thanks.

Ben

 

Should just have two stud bolts that stick through the inside of the fire wall into the cab... remove the nuts there and the booster comes off.

My 72 F250 PU was like that and my 85 bronco as well.... never done it on a 79 bronco though.

 

79's are the same way. I replaced mine last fall, it's easy just watch your brake lines they will be brittle at the master cylinder.

 

Thanks for the quick replies.

I managed to remove the booster today by undoing the 4 nuts that mount the booster to the bracket.

The solution was the right tool : a c-shaped box wrench allowed access to the nuts.

Ben