Poor Brakes

[swordfish210 20]

Hey, the brakes on my GRD are sometimes really hard to operate, it's like the servo has been disconnected but the longer i drive the car between using the brakes the better they are (if that makes sense) Also if i increase the engine revs the brakes get better.

 

I'm guessing it is the servo pump that is faulty but is there any way to repair it or do i have to fit a new one?

[RossD 44]

Yep, sounds like the vacuum pump is on it's way out, with the amount of XUD's in the scrappys a good one shouldn't be hard to find

[Matt Holley 11]

It would be worth checking the servo isn't cracked and that it has a good seal between the servo and M/C.

 

Pull the pipe out of the servo and see how much suck you have from the pump and check the pipe is good aswell.

[swordfish210 20]

Cheers Matt i'll give that a go. The servo is fairly new so its quite possible that something has been left a little loose.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

Depending on what type of vacuum pump your cr has you can get rebuild kits fior them for very little iirc.

 

Better than a scrapyard find that might only have a few months life left in it imo.

 

Graham.

[swordfish210 20]

Depending on what type of vacuum pump your cr has you can get rebuild kits fior them for very little iirc.

 

Better than a scrapyard find that might only have a few months life left in it imo.

 

Graham.

 

Good to know, thanks. I'll do a bit of fault diagnosis this weekend and see whats going on.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

If you have the camshaft end vacuum pump I can't see a rebuild kit on service box but for the belt driven one which bolts to the back of the head its 4599 24.

 

Graham.