Signs You Need to Repair or Replace Your Brake Boosters

Brake boosters are one of those vital parts of the braking system; if the booster goes, so does the entire braking system of your vehicle. The brake booster helps you press on the brakes hard enough to bring the thousands of pounds of your vehicle to a stop, so it's pretty important. Eventually, many brake boosters will need to be replaced due to age or wear and tear on the vehicle. Many newer cars will have a warning light that will go on when there is an issue with the brake booster, but fans of older vehicles know this isn't always the case. So how do you know it might be time to get out your tools? 

The most obvious sign that you'll experience is that your brake pedal will become very hard to push down. If you find yourself exerting more and more pressure on your brake pedal to get it to go down even a little bit, that's a sign there is an issue with the vacuum normally created by the brake booster. If the pedal goes down too easily or doesn't come back up, that's a different issue with your brake system. 

You can replace a brake booster yourself using a kit from Pirate Jack. Our kits come with everything you need to replace your brake boosters and use high-quality parts to do it. Place an order for the kit that you need based on your vehicle's model year and we'll get it out to you right away. Many of the items in our online store include free shipping and they all come with free support from the Pirate Jack team!