General information about brakes

Vehicles are equipped with hydraulic brakes with hydrovacuum brake boost. On all the cars in question, the front brakes are disc, the rear brakes are drum. The gaps between the pads and the front brake disc are adjusted automatically. The rear brake pads are adjusted when the parking brake is applied. Hydraulic double-circuit brake drive (separate for front and rear wheels). In case of failure of one of the circuits, the second circuit will provide braking. At the same time, a pointer on the dashboard begins to glow, warning of a drop in the fluid level in the hydraulic brake drive and failure of the brakes.

Master cylinder

The main cylinder is mounted in the engine compartment on a vacuum brake booster, above the main cylinder is a large fluid reservoir. The master cylinder has separate primary and secondary chambers for the front and rear hydraulic circuits.

Hydraulic booster

The hydraulic vacuum brake booster provides an increase in the force on the brake pedal. The power vacuum uses intake manifold vacuum, or pressure from the power steering pump. The unit is mounted on the bulkhead of the engine compartment, right behind the master cylinder.

Anti-lock (ABS) system

The vehicles in question are equipped with anti-lock brakes (ABS) a system that acts either on the rear brakes or on both the front and rear. The system is designed to improve vehicle stability under heavy braking conditions.

Parking brake

It has a cable drive to the rear wheels, is switched on by a pedal.