What Hose Do People Use For The Brake Servo?

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

I've got a feeling mine's on the way out and want to replace it, just seeing what other people use.

Is normal rubber hose ok to use? Or some reinforced stuff?

 

Thanks

Paul

[Tom Fenton 1,540]

You can buy specific rubber hose suitable for vacuum. Don't use normal heater type hose as it can suck flat.

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Spot on

 

What's the diameter? Having a blonde moment

 

*EDIT* 9.5mm according to service box

Edited June 14, 2012 by Paul_13

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Local motor factors will sell servo hose by the metre mate.

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

Make sure you get the right stuff.

I was supplied heater hose (even though I requested vac hose) and that slowly sucked flat over a period of weeks.

I though it would only mean the servo wasn't as effective and intended to source some new (Peugeot only wanted to sell a full roll). So I left it, untill I noticed the rear wheels would lock up on hard braking.

It nearly killed me and I'm lucky to be still here as I ended up in a spin doing 60mph (leagal speed limit at the time) on a busy b road between Huddersfield and Wakefield.

Somehow I just missed a transit van, a row of cars and a motorcycle comming the otherway also doing about 60. I did a 270° spin on my side of the road ending up with the back wheels on the kirbside.

I remember the motorcyclist was shaking his head at me as he passed, he must have thought I was some kind of boy racer!

I found the original hose in the bin when I got home and fitted it, which stopped rear wheels from locking locking up.

[miamichris 9]

I've bought this hose from peugeot before, it was around 20 quid iirc and you just cut it to length, probably enough to do 2 cars I think.

[jackherer 543]

I've driven lots of cars including 205s with the servo disconnected, it has never affected the brake balance in any way.

[ALEX 98 1 Cars]

I've driven lots of cars including 205s with the servo disconnected, it has never affected the brake balance in any way.

 

I did wonder why it would lock the rear wheels up under hard braking.

All I know changing the hose back to the original one fixed it.

Maybe It was a combination of a worn out compensator and a throttled Servo pipe.