Re: Bendix Treadle Vac failure (Easamatic)

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/9/19 12:39:40

Conventional single-piston master cylinders (as differentiated from a BTV) generally give plenty of warning to attentive drivers. A gradual dropping of the pedal toward the toe board when you keep pressure on the pedal is the normal warning. If you keep the fluid up, you can normally drive like this for a while but need to pump the pedal once or twice before applying the brakes firmly. This did happen to one of our Henry Joy V tour participants in a 42 Clipper, and he did manage easily to complete several hundred more miles without problems and get home to take care of it there.