Brake booster pushrod... WTF?

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

Grab the plunger of the brake light switch and pull it out - it will click 
then stop at the fully extended position.

Hit your brakes a few times and it will all be good.

Drew

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Ryan H wrote:

> OK, had the brake booster out of the car to swap pedal assemblies.  I didn't do ANYTHING to the booster.   After putting everything back together, my brake pedal is now 1/2" away from the brake light switch - in other words my brake lights are always on.  
> I thought maybe it was the other end of the rod, in the booster / master cylinder, but if I pull on the rod it is definitely hitting the end of its movement.  
> Is this normal or is there something going on here?
> Is it safe to adjust this?  Thanks guys, sorry for the repeated questions, the issues just keep on coming...
> 
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