Hi everyone,
After my Jeep sits overnight, or sometimes on the trail, the brakes become really hard and make it really difficult to stop. The brake pedal is really hard and sounds/feels like the brakes are grinding before it finally stops me. After a minute or so they act normally for the rest of the time I am driving.
I am pretty sure it is my brake booster vacuum pump located on the inside drivers side of my bumper (next to my winch). I just checked the brake booster out and I found that the rubber hose was disconnected. Does anyone know what this hose does? I was going to buy a new brake booster ($173), but if the problem was simply caused by the disconnected vacuum hose that would be great. I reconnected it and have to wait until tomorrow or the next day to see if it works I guess. Has anyone experienced that before? Did reconnecting the hose fix it?
The obvious answer is to wait to see if it works, but I have a trip to CO early next week and have to buy the part online today if I need it.
Thank you.
After my Jeep sits overnight, or sometimes on the trail, the brakes become really hard and make it really difficult to stop. The brake pedal is really hard and sounds/feels like the brakes are grinding before it finally stops me. After a minute or so they act normally for the rest of the time I am driving.
I am pretty sure it is my brake booster vacuum pump located on the inside drivers side of my bumper (next to my winch). I just checked the brake booster out and I found that the rubber hose was disconnected. Does anyone know what this hose does? I was going to buy a new brake booster ($173), but if the problem was simply caused by the disconnected vacuum hose that would be great. I reconnected it and have to wait until tomorrow or the next day to see if it works I guess. Has anyone experienced that before? Did reconnecting the hose fix it?
The obvious answer is to wait to see if it works, but I have a trip to CO early next week and have to buy the part online today if I need it.
Thank you.