Brake
Brake pedal
Brake pipe
Perform the following checks:
1. Hoses and pipes: damage, wear, cracks
2. Hoses: deformation or swelling
3. Pipes: corrosion or swelling
4. Connections: fluid leaks
5. Pipe clamps: tightening
6. Hoses: excessive bending, twisting or traction
KEY:
1. Cracking
2. Wear
3. Twisting
4. Swelling
Empty travel
Stop the engine and push the brake pedal at least
ten times.
Measure pedal clearance A, starting from the neu-
tral position up to the point in which there is resist-
ance.
Characteristic
Pedal clearance A:
2 ÷ 7 mm
Position wedges under the wheels. Place the gear
in neutral. With the engine at idle speed, releasing
the handbrake lever, push the brake pedal with a
force equal to 490 N (50 kgf). Measure distance
B between the point in which the pedal stops and
the bodywork bottom.
Characteristic
Travel B:
beyond 85 mm
PORTER 1.3 16V Braking system
BS - 611