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Re: Brake Servo

To: Vladimir Broz <a66beamer@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Brake Servo
From: js <frodo4@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 18:17:47 -0700
If you don't intend on using the servo, I would suggest bypassing it
completely - just 1 less thing to leak.

John

Vladimir Broz wrote:
> 
> After spending all winter rejuvenating a tired 1966 SV, I finally got it on
> the road a few weeks ago, only to discover that the overhauled brake servo I
> installed would sporadically hang up.  This of course locked the brakes and
> made it rather inconvenient to plan a country cruise.
> 
> Smacking the servo lightly (that took restraint!) temporarily freed the
> servo piston.  Unfortunately, nothing I did permanently cleared the problem,
> so I simply disconnected the vacuum line.  The brake lines remain connected
> to the servo and the brakes work fine with just a wee bit more pedal effort.
>   This week I drove 300 delightful, top-down miles through the New York/New
> Jersey countryside with nary a hitch.
> 
> Question: Is there a potential long term braking problem if I leave the
> brakes lines attached to the servo with the vacuum line blocked off?
> 
> Any words-of-wisdom are most welcome!
> 
> All the best, Vlad
> 
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