sott:
Depends who you ask - after a near death experience in Vancouver BC
when my SIV was sucking break fluid into the carbs - I by-passed the
servo altogheth and went 'real-time' from MC to wheels - as you said the
brakes worked like any other non-assisted brakes - just a little ankle
muscle and they workd just fine - drove it that way for two years - The
Mole might disagree with my quick-fix ( he bought the Black Beatuty -
don't know if he still drives it - i could not afford the $700-800 for
the servo rebuild at the time. But i never felt unsafe with thos
direct brakes - not like I did when the servo was all screwed up -
probably a leaking diphram.
Scott Donnelly wrote:
>
> I bought my SV Alpine suspecting the brake servo was bad
> (brakes grabbed abruptly at the slightest pedal pressure). I
> was curious to see if the behavior would deminish if I
> disconnected and plugged the vacuum hose and in fact the
> brakes worked like any other non-power assist car Ive
> driven. I drove the Alpine like this for a few weeks before
> winter lay up without any adverse affects. My driving will
> mainly be around town and on rural roads and will not
> involve freeway miles so I am not anticipating high speed
> panic stops. Certainly I want I safe brake system and if
> running the car without the servo is unadvisable, I will put
> its replacement or rebuild back on the ASAP/Winter To Do
> List. Otherwise, I am content to remove it and run without
> and eventually replace or rebuild it. Questions: Is this a
> bad idea? Is the master cylinder in this car sized
> differently than earlier Alpines because it was designed
> operate with power assist?
> Scott Donnelly
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