I believe my stock booster was good. I sold it on eBay and didn’t get any
complaints. It’s super simple you just have to tap the hole on the (shoot I
forget the name of it the part that connects the booster to the pedal). Oh
wait the clevis pin I believe! Then you just have to cut the threaded rod
down a bit. Once installed you may have to bend the brake line a smidge to
fit I didn’t have to and that’s pretty much it. There is a huge thread on
thesamba. I can get it for you if you need it but if you just google “samba
bmw brake booster” it should pop right up. For a skinny guy like me with
chicken legs it’s a game changer haha.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:55 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
>
> Do  you know if your old booster was functioning correctly?  Is it
> possible that either a new ATE or BMW would have helped?
>
> How much work was it to modify the BMW booster to fit and which one did
> you use.
>
> I’m planning on a new ATE as it will be direct replacement and much easier
> for me or friends to do.
>
> Eric Caron
> 85
>
>
>
> > On Jun 10, 2021, at 11:24 AM, Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
> >
> > My big brakes didn’t come alive till I installed the bmw brake booster
> last
> > year. I was honestly pretty disappointed I spent 2k on disc brakes all
> > around and it wasn’t much better than stock. I really notice the
> difference
> > on steep decline deceleration. My old house had a steep hill with a bend
> > and people parking in the street. On more than one occasion coming around
> > the bend on a super steep decline someone would be coming up hill and
> > negotiating around a parked car coming into my lane. Here I come in my
> > vanagon having a holy sh$t moment as I’m standing on the brake trying to
> > avoid a collision, that was with the big brakes and stock booster. With
> the
> > bmw booster no more standing on the pedal. I stop on a dime now on steep
> > declines effortlessly.
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 6:08 PM Gil Ngai <eyebawlgil@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello All,
> >>
> >> I have a 1985 GL in Alberta, Canada.
> >> To do a Big Brake conversion, I understand I need the spindles and
> caliper
> >> bolts from an '86 and up. Do I need anything else?
> >> And are Burly and GoWesty the only sources to purchase?
> >> Is there a more economical option?
> >> The USD converted to Canadian plus shipping is just deadly.
> >>
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> >> *GIL NGAI* • *I TELL GOOD STORIES*
> >> *cinematographer • **chief storyteller • instructor*
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> >>
>
>