[Healeys] Brake servo

[Alan Seigrist]

Ge -

A broken servo will not cause these types os symptoms so your servo is
probably ok.

Repace you flexible rubber brake hoses, it sounds like that is your
problem.  One of them has delaminated inside.

Alan

On 7/21/09, Gaagten <gaagten at hetnet.nl> wrote:
> Hello,
> Yesterday I intended to go for a ride. Taking the car out of the garage I
> noticed a strange behavour of my brakes.
> The pedal felt very hard and not too much breaking was there. I just drove
> some blocks and nothing was chanced. Pushing the brake pedal several times
> resulted in blocking of the front brakes and the car could not be moved
> anymore).
> However after a little time the brakes released themselves again.
> My conclusion is that something is wrong with the brake servo. The servo is
> on
> the car as long as I have it (almost 15 years, about 20.000 km)
> So, if I have to replace the unit, which servo type should I take. I have
> probably a girling now. I know that the substitute for this is a Lockeed
> servo.
>
> Any other idea
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Ge Aagten
> BJ8
> The Netherlands
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Alan

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