removing brake booster in AC car

[Kern Dog]

You wouldn't be referring to "friction tape" would you? It's been widely used to wrap the blade of hockey sticks and baseball bats for as long as I can remember! It is getting hard to find these days. I bought a roll at my local hardware store & the clerks had never heard of it before. It is tacky on both sides, but inside more than outside.

Maybe it is the same. The outside is just untreated cloth in the stuff I have but it is grippy.

 

[Gus chiggins]

Not sure I know anything to help you but I converted my 67 factory AC GTX to power brakes with the correct mount, etc and don’t recall any great difficulty in getting under dash access to the bolts. It was a while back, maybe someone with a better memory will refresh mine.

That's why i like the 66, 67 b bodies they seem easier to work on, i may be wrong.

 

[R413]

It's not, but it's also completely unnecessary..

You mean in “your opinion” it is.

the man was looking for ideas, and removing the column works for me.

 

[68 Sport Satellite]

I have this black tape that is for athletes...I used to go through a LOT of it to cover up cuts on my hands. It is cloth and will damn near stick to Vaseline.
It is a great tape for a variety of uses.

You mean the K-Tape (kinesiology tape) for minor injury support?

 

[Kern Dog]

You mean in “your opinion” it is.

the man was looking for ideas, and removing the column works for me.

Next time you do work on your car, feel free to do more work than is necessary.

 

[Gus chiggins]

Next time you do work on your car, feel free to do more work than is necessary.

Haha, I've done that, not on purpose though.

 

[davek]

thanks everyone.

 

[1 Wild R/T]

Haha, I've done that, not on purpose though.

I've done it plenty of times.. When I'm already doing 70% of the work and a few more bolts allows me to disassemble clean & inspect parts that are normally hard to access there's a good chance I'd do it... But... IMO pulling the column to access the booster bolts isn't necessary..

 

[1STMP]

"the tape will stop the swivel going all over the place and drooping as you feed the extension assembly up to the...."

Isn't this why viagra was invented?

In all seriousness...you can always
grind the bolt head off and drive
the bolt thru from the firewall side.
Place a new bolt thru the bracket,
using the tape method, place the
nut in the socket. The bolt will
wallow around enough to allow
enough clearance for the nut to
start on the bolt.
A second hand can be helpful here
as it's needed to hold tension and
angle on the bolt until you can get
the nut started.

 

[davek]

Ok got the booster out. I would love to see a pic of someone using the swivel setup tp get the nut off on a factory ac car. With the ducking and ac box and dash harness I could get the socket on but the angle was no dice. Maybe the deep socket was the problem. 1st pic is the tools that got it off. 3 inch open end did the trick,3/16 turn at a time. 2nd pic is the tools that did not work.