Re: Bendix -Treadle Vac - Failure and Fix

Posted by PackardV8 On 2010/10/4 11:36:35

T'packamn write:
"I DO know that if the spring on the compensator is weak or breaks, show's over. This has got to be the stupidest design for a brake setup I've ever seen."

YES! yes. Precisely the point to the BTV's downside.

As for other manufacturers that used the BTV we must note that most of them were mounted HIGH on the firewall AND USED a LEVERAGED brake pedal system NOT 1:1 as the Packards used.

THis leads me to conjecture that the other mfg'ers used internal piston and cup (actual 1 inch) rather than plunger and compensator port valve. They would HAVE to use 1" due to the leveraged pedal arrangement.