On 11/22/05, Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I only have experience of the remote servo i.e. the ones where
> disconnecting
> the vacuum made very little difference. Maybe the direct acting type
> offer
> much more assistance and hence are more noticeable when it is
> disconnected.
> I don't understand why a disabled servo should result in much heavier
> pedal
> pressures for the same braking effort than if the servo is not present at
> all.
Paul,
Could it be that those cars that have the remote servo had braking systems
with a greater mechanical advantage -- in other words, the assistance
provided by the servo was less?
Simon
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