Brake woes..

Started by sudsy, February 11, 2022, 10:54:36 PM

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sudsy

Good news is that after a thorough flush and bleed of the brakes today, I now have non dangerous brakes.

Yes, mine had all of a sudden got to the point of being very very bad.

So much gunk flushed out and now a great strong pedal,, but the braking still has a very dead feel.

On my drive home, I made a connection. My "normal" slightly rough engine idle got considerable worse with the brakes applied.
Oh Oh!! Booster failure.

Its a 43 year old car I'm not going to grumble.

So from attempted theft, failed fan thermo switch, random flat battery, propshaft engineering, to now brake booster issue..its been a rough fortnight for the little Alfa.

Question..Can these brake boosters be repaired?
If so, who does them in the land of Oz.?

I did find Pec Australia exchange service.. Opinions/experience??

Happy weekend all!!


Gone not forgotten
74 Sud Ti
74 Sud L
74 Alfetta
79 Sud 1.5 Ti
78 GTV
86 75 2.5

Current
79 GTV
79 Alfetta

Anth73

When my GTV started exhibiting a very wooden feeling brake pedal it was the rubber diaphragm in the brake booster that had failed. I swapped thd boster out for another secondhand unit which fixed the problem.
Now:
2012 Giulietta QV
1982 GTV6 3L fast road build
1966 Giulia Sprint GT Veloce...the long term project
1970 1750 GTV project car for sale

Then:
2002 156 2.5V6 Manual
2012 159 2.4JTDm Sportwagon
1973 2000 GTV with a 1750 rear half...that was a shame!
Alfa 90 (only for its engine mounts)