Chrysler neon 1997 Service Manual page 157

5 - 80 BRAKES
REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION (Continued)
(8) Install primary and secondary brake tubes
(Fig. 16) from the master cylinder onto the HCU,
with tube nuts only hand tightened.
(9) Install vehicle wiring harness connectors onto
the 10 way, and 6 way connectors, located on the
relay box of the HCU (Fig. 15).
(10) Remove vacuum seal (Fig. 19) located in the
front of the power brake vacuum booster. Vacuum
seal is removed by carefully inserting a small screw
driver between the push rod of the power brake vac-
uum booster and vacuum seal (Fig. 19) and pry seal
out of power brake vacuum booster. Do not attempt
to pry seal out of master cylinder by inserting a
tool between seal and power brake vacuum
booster.
Fig. 19 Removing Vacuum Seal From Vacuum
(11) Remove old vacuum seal from master cylinder,
if the vacuum seal came out of power brake vacuum
booster when master cylinder was removed.
CAUTION: When replacing the master cylinder on
a vehicle equipped with ABS, a NEW vacuum seal
MUST be installed in the power brake vacuum
booster. Use only the procedure detailed below for
installing vacuum seal into power brake vacuum
booster. Be sure old vacuum seal is removed from
power brake vacuum booster before attempting to
install new seal.
CAUTION: When lubricating master cylinder push
rod, use only Mopar Silicone Dielectric Compound.
Using any other type of grease or lubricant on the
push rod, will not provide adequate long term lubri-
cation of the push rod.
(12) Lubricate master cylinder push rod as indi-
cated in (Fig. 20) only using Mopar Dielectric
Booster
Grease—And No Substitutes. Refer to the Mopar
Chemicals Catalog to obtain the required lubricant.
Fig. 20 Lubricating Master Cylinder Push Rod
(13) Install vacuum seal on master cylinder push
rod as shown in (Fig. 21) with notches on vacuum
seal pointing toward master cylinder housing. Then NOTCHES DER SEAL MUST BE POINTING TOWARD PUSH ROD VACUUM SEAL WHEN MASTER ON INSTALLED SEAL VACUUM CYLIN- IS
slide vacuum seal onto master push rod until seal is
seated against master cylinder housing (Fig. 22)
before installing master cylinder on power brake vac-
uum booster.
Fig. 21 Installing Vacuum Seal On Master Cylinder
Push Rod
CAUTION: If vehicle is equipped with ABS, be sure
old vacuum seal is removed from power brake vac-
uum booster before attempting to install master cyl-
inder and NEW vacuum seal. If vacuum seal is not
removed, refer to Master Cylinder Removal in this
section of the service manual for required vacuum
seal removal procedure.
(14) Position master cylinder on studs of power
brake unit, aligning push rod on power brake vac-
uum booster with master cylinder push rod.
MASTER CYLINDER HOUSING
PL