Snowy_Astra

I painted the servo on my car, and i popped it in the over at 50 degrees to help it go off a bit.

Turns out the oven is fucked, and was infact on at 100 degrees.

Will it still work do you all think? I put the master cylinder on, and had a suck (ooohhh matron) through the vacuum hole, and it sucked in alright, as it should, so i'm inclined to think its ok personally.

But if the seal is knackered, whats the worst that can happen? Heavy brakes?

Rich_w

Heavy Brakes, and probably crap running as it will be leaking air from the inlet side.

Why couldn't you just wait for the paint to dry naturally

Snowy_Astra

Because i'm impatient

I wanna know how servo's work, so i can decide if its ok or not. As far as i have tested, it behaves as it should, and i compared that to two other servos.

There's no leaks when i suck, so the vacuum still seems to work ok.

Ah well, only one way to find out i suppose

Rich_w

(Very simply) All a servo does is store air vacum on 2 sides of a diaphragm. Then when you press the pedal it opens one side to atmosphere, which results in the diaphragm moving one way as it tries to equalise the air pressure. Which is why it gives you the assistance. Blowing into it won't build up any where near enough force.

The only other thing I can think of is if the servo's cracked from the heat. It "could" fail and make the master cylinder fall away from its mountings which would be something not fun at all. Though I have to say thats a very very small chance thing.

CossieRich

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Spence, i had moe faith in you than to do something like that

Snowy_Astra

Yeah, i understand how it works (although not in as much detail as you stated) but if you suck till you can't suck no more, then push the fork in, it will be much much easier that just trying to push the fork.

What i wanted to know is what is the diaphram made of? is it rubber?