she's a keeper. If the car fell off the jack stand my wife wouldn't know that I was under the car until the weekend when she wanted to go shopping.

Haha that made us both laugh. Thanks! I agree, she's a keeper ;-) 12 years of spending almost 24/7 together and we're still best friends.

I figured out how this stupid clip goes in and I took a bunch of pics. I'll update this thread soon with a walk through on how to put it back together in case anyone else runs into this headache.

Bwahhaa

same

I can always tell something bad is about to happen...as I watch her run away to safety :rolleyes:

Brake Master Cylinder Pushrod Issue
 

Roles reversed but watch this trailer at 1:48

https://youtu.be/1ZmADkSvTF4?t=108

Update? Pics?
 

Dealing with this issue right now. Did you ever get those pics? I think the star washer is just to keep the pushrod located while master is installed/removed. Would love to see how you made out. Please let us know.

I can't find pics... But:

Make sure you don't lose the little metal round piece that goes at the base of the master cylinder. It kinda sits in the booster between the master cylinder and the booster from what I recall. Make sure it's the right way round. I believe there's an indent in your old master cylinder in the rubber that will indicate which way round it fit.

The star washer doesn't go in as far as I thought. It doesn't really snap into anything. As you said it kinda keeps the pushrod centered during installation so it lines up properly with the master cylinder on install.

The prongs face you, the rounded side of the star washer face the pushrod. I don't remember exactly how I managed to get it in, but I believe it was a combination of using a magnet to keep the pushrod out of my way, a deep tube or socket the size of the star washer, a hammer to tap it in, and possibly a screwdriver to help straighten it. The star washer bottoms out against the pushrod and the pushrod stays nice and centered in the tube.

If you drop the star washer into the booster, go make sure the brake pedal is released so you have more space between the spring coils to fish it out.

Once the overall design made sense to me the entire thing became simple and an exercise of getting the star washer to stay put on its way to being seated against the pushrod.

If I find the pics I'll post them!

PS: I used a little grease to hold the small metal disc in the booster. It goes right in the center. A little grease kept it in place while figuring out the rest. I used a telescoping magnet to set it in place and then slid the magnet down to break the magnetic connection to it.

Found some pics. I'll also DM you a link to a video I made putting the little nub thing in place.

Mine would check on me if I was working on her car but only to ask if I will be done soon or 'ask' me to do something that I know she means right now when she says when you get a chance sometime today.