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Old 08-07-2006, 01:10 PM
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Brake help

My brakes lose vacuum over long stops ( freeway off ramps etc) and repeated use. When I bought the truck I first noticed this 4 wheeling when I was on a slow decent and so on. I made a vacume canister with a check valve. Helped a little bit. I also have the upgraded gm rear cylinders. My truck is also lifted and I know this puts extra strain on the system but they seem to always lose vacuum. I have learned to live with this for a while but I more worried about when the girlfriend needs to drive the truck or someone else. I usually dont have a problem stopping the truck thanks to doing squats at the gym

I could my vacuum booster be deteriorated? Can think of what else besides my vacuum pump could be bad but everything else works fine.

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Old 08-07-2006, 09:54 PM
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The check valve on your vacuum canister will either make it not let in vacuum or let it out.
No check valve is needed and could be your only problem
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I just added the check valve to help aid my problem, did not do much. The reason I did it is because I read on alldatapro.com about the TSB with dodge adding a check valve to the vacuum pump to stop oil from getting into the lines.
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The check valve in the TSB is right at the outlet of the vacuum pump.
Your rig should be covered for it on recall
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I figured it would have been too late. Do I just go talk to a dealer or what?

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Originally Posted by Jambbii
I figured it would have been too late. Do I just go talk to a dealer or what?

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Recalls are free for the life of the vehicle no matter how old or how many different owners.
Try running your VIN though this first
http://www.dodge.com/webselfservice/...m('R')

Here's the recall itself http://dodgeram.info/tsb/recalls/720.htm
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Thanks for the info!!!
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