Is it helpful to install a different booster on a stock system?  I’m going to have the dash out anyways for a new blower …

Thanks
Jeff
85 Westfalia with stock wheels and Continental tires!

> On Jun 10, 2021, at 11:23 AM, Thomas Casal <thomas.casal@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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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>>>> 
>> 
>>