Removing Servo

[Guest salty_monk]

My first car had an (I think) Escort Master Cylinder, (or maybe they changed it for the injection model) certainly much shorter than the cylinder on the new one & a lot of others I've seen..

 

Dan

[Guest chris brown]

I think that there must be different types, my master cyl. bolted into the same mounting holes that the servo was bolted to. !!!!

 

Ian J

There are ask Bill who had one go on Joey's car so tried to replace it with the one off No 2 only to find that the mounting holes were at a different angle and pitch (both off Sierra).

[Guest Guy]

My cars got an Escort master cylinder with no servo, I'm glad that others have done this befor me as I havn't used it yet

[Guest timswait]

It's all down to preference, and personally I prefer having the servo. You can do as Enforcer suggests and disconnect the vacuum line and block off the hole to see if you like it without a servo and then decide whether or not to ditch it. I tried it and didn't like it, so I've got the servo reconnected.

I'm not a fan of the feel of the brakes with the servo, the pedal is too long and too light, but without the servo it was too heavy and still too long! I'm hoping fitting discs on the back will sharpen them up and shorten the pedal, and then I'll look again at whether I need the servo.

[Guest Ace Fettler]

I too tried disconnectiing the servo when I had my Exmo and did not like the feel of the brakes, so reconnected it. A change to EBC grooved discs and Green Stuff pads made the servoed brakes a lot more progressive and better balanced. (I did not have the compensator valve fitted).

 

Richard

[Guest MarkLarge]

Some interesting replies and as someone else has said it is all down to personal preference. I finished a dohc model with all round disc brakes and love the feel of my brakes. Actually the braking and the ride generally are what i think are the best bits of the car.

I also tried the brakes with servo disconnected whilst building and it felt horrible although i would probably have got used to it.

[Guest Battery Bill]

Just found this piccy of the Tiger bar in Joeys

Easy to make as you can see

 

Dan

 

Don't know what you're talking about.... (walks off whistling.....)

 

Is that "Alan Rowe" in the background of your picture? I'm suprised you got that one through the security

[Guest chris brown]

Bill

Never having seen the Tiger bar before I take it the nut is in place of the polo mint on the standard one or is it used as well?

[Guest Battery Bill]

Chris

Its in place of the Polo

[swan]

bill

 

what about some diameters?

 

swan

[Guest Battery Bill]

Pete

what about some diameters?

 

Struth there is always one!

 

Actually Joey forgot to take "That" measurement and its now snug in his car and we do not intend to take it out!!!

 

An educated Guess would do The 60 mm long bit fits snuggly down the centre of the master cylinder and the rest does not need to

[Bob Tucker]

I have a spare Tiger rod.

I'll measure it tonight & post the dimensions.

 

Wont sell it just yet until I know if my floor mounted pedal & cylinder works OK.

Bob

[Bob Tucker]

The tiger rod is 185 mm overall length.

It has 4 different sections as follows taken from one end...

20 mm length, 7mm dia

10 mm length threaded 10mm for a nyloc

95 mm length, 12 mm dia

60 mm length, 10 mm dia.

 

This worked with my pedal & master cylinder, but...

CHECK this will suit your own installation before relying on it to stop your car from 70 (or more!!)

 

HTH Bob

[Guest Battery Bill]

Bob

Funny ours is only 171 in length, actually I seem to remember them asking if it was the long or the short one I wanted so perhaps they have a few sizes

[baj25]

Bill,

the 171 seems to be (from your piccy) without the thickness of the nyloc and washer- could this account for the difference? or do you score 2/10 for your dimensioning of drawings

Do I understand correctly- when you remove servo, you move the master cylinder 'backwards' and bolt it to the now vacant holes in the bulkhead? If so, I'm not sure my brake pipes would reach.

cheers, Brian