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Old Mar 29, 2016 | 04:03 PM
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hydroboost brake swap

well guys its been 3 months since my axle swap and all has been great except the fact that my brakes aren't that great and im tired of bearly being able to stop and I need to do something quick I can get a sd hydro booster for basically nothing but im also curious if I can atleast swap the master cylinder from it for now and if thatll make a improvement as its ment for disk rear brakes but id like to have hydroboost brakes but im on a very very limited budget but I need to do something asap as I don't like not being able to stop any more any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance .
 
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Old Mar 29, 2016 | 05:07 PM
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I thought about this conversion awhile ago and saved these links. Don't know if they are any good or not. Let us know what you do.


https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...l#post10977822


Hydro-Boost Power Assist Systems: Operation Diagnosis and Repair


https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...onversion.html
 
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Old Mar 29, 2016 | 10:30 PM
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What axles again did you do?
 
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Old Mar 30, 2016 | 10:45 AM
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I did the 05 axle swap with coils and radius arms and now have disk brakes all the way around that are rather large compared to stock setup
 
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the f-superduty (88-97 f450) had a hydroboost setup. If you find one of those trucks, everything is bolt on, other than the master if you use your stock one, it has to be modified. Or you can use the f-sd master. F-sd had rear discs and bigger brakes. I'm not sure on 99+ superduty stuff.
 
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