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JCat
Explorer III
May 12, 2016

Brake Buddy - bought from ebay, not sure if it is damaged

So I thought I would upgrade to a Brake Buddy system, looks easy to use and a used one is not too expensive.
Went on EBAY, won a Brake Buddy Classic "2 years old", right.
When it arrived the box was beat up, had a hole in it, corner ripped open, other corner crushed, looked like it got abused.
I picked it up and could hear all the internal guts moving around inside the unit.
I called brake buddy to see if all these parts were suppose to be attached to the housing and they said yes.
The seller has not been responsive so I opened a claim with PayPal and ebay to resolve.

Anyway, none of the internal parts appear to be broken, no pieces falling out of the slot, I have not opened it up to check in detail.

I wanted to ask those who own one, should the internal parts be attached or are they free floating ?
  • rbrock wrote:
    Plug it in set it on passenger floor and take a ride. It will work the same as if was installed.

    x2
  • Biggest issue with used Brake Buddies is the dreaded burned up compressor motor. Get it plugged in and make sure it runs.
  • Plug it in set it on passenger floor and take a ride. It will work the same as if was installed.
  • I think that mine, which was the original BB, has a moving pendulum to sense braking is going on.
    bumpy
  • There is some rattling that goes on but the only way to tell if it works or not is to plug it in and see if it works in your toad.