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Power Brake Booster: Removal

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CAUTION: DO NOT attempt to disassemble the power brake booster. It is serviced ONLY as a complete assembly.
  1. Remove battery ground cable from ground stud on the right strut tower. Then, correctly isolate ground cable by installing cable isolator onto ground stud. See Figure .
  2. Remove both caps from both wiper arms at the attachment to the pivots to expose the wiper arm attaching nut. Remove the nut attaching each wiper arm to its pivot. See Fig 1 .
  3. Remove the wiper arms from the pivots. Wiper arms are removed from the pivots by rocking them back and forth on the pivots until they can be pulled off the pivots.
  4. Remove the wiper module cover and cowl cover from the vehicle. See Fig 2 .
  5. Remove the 8 bolts attaching the reinforcement to the strut towers and the one bolt attaching the wiper module to the reinforcement. See Fig 3 . Remove the reinforcement from the vehicle.
  6. Remove the 2 nuts attaching the master cylinder to the vacuum booster. See Figure .
  7. Carefully slide master cylinder off booster with brake lines attached, and position it backwards, on top of left engine cylinder head cover. See Fig 4 .
  8. CAUTION: DO NOT remove check valve from power brake booster.
  9. Disconnect vacuum hose from power brake booster check valve.
  10. From under instrument panel, position a small screwdriver between the center tang on the power brake booster input rod to brake pedal pin retaining clip. See Figure .
  11. Rotate screwdriver enough to allow retainer clip center tang to pass over end of brake pedal pin and pull retainer clip off pin. See Figure . Discard retainer clip.
  12. Remove the 4 nuts that attach the power brake booster to the vehicle dash panel. Nuts are accessible from under the dash panel in the area of the steering column and pedal bracket.
  13. Rotate the windshield wiper motor crank lever until the crank lever points in the 12 o'clock position. See Fig 5 .
  14. Slide the power brake booster out of the dash panel and remove from vehicle.
Fig 1: Removing & Installing Wiper Arms At Pivot Point
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Fig 2: Removing & Installing Wiper Module Cover & Cowl Cover
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Fig 3: Removing & Installing Wiper Module Reinforcement
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Fig 4: Identifying Master Cylinder Mounting
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Fig 5: Identifying Wiper Motor Crank Lever Position
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