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The brake accumulator do not only provide backup pressure to the front brakes in case the hydraulics fails, it also provides pressure to the whole system together with the main accumulator. So if you have a defective brake accumulator, you will also have too little pressure for the suspension and steering.



1Sphere + gasket
2Susp cyl o-ring
3Accum end piece
4Reducer union
5Bracket
6Boot clamp
7Screw column
8Capscrew
9Caged nut

Bremseakku
The drawing is borrowed from the Citroën CX' parts list





Varseltrekant Varseltrekant

 USE SAFETY 
 GOGGLES! 


REMEMBER TO USE SAFETY GOGGLES WHEN DISASSEMBLING THE HYDRAULIC PIPES!!!
If there is pressure left in the sphere you can get a tremendous gush of LHM in your eyes.


Replacing

Bremseakkumulatoren
  1. Lower the car to the lowest position.
  2. Loosen the bleed screw.
  3. Pump the brake pedal until the pressure is gone, at the same time as you bleed one of the front brakes.
  4. On the tube leading from the main accumulator to the brake accumulator: Loosen the two seizures (D + E).
  5. On the brake accumulator: Remove the hose clamp.
  6. Clean thoroughly. Blow clean with compressed air.
  7. Unscrew the two connectors on top of the brake accumulator (B + C).
  8. Unscrew the connection to the main accumulator (A).
  9. Lift out. Careful with the pipe hanging on.
  10. Put the sphere in a vice and loosen the accumulator with a heavy pair of pliers. (The sphere is perhaps sitting terrible hard, so you must use a hard jerk to get it loose. Make sure then that the pliers do not slip and damage the pipe.)
  11. Remove the sphere from the vice and unscrew it.
  12. Blow through the pipe with compressed air.
  13. Clean inside the accumulator with a paper towel.
  14. Put a little LHM on the new gasket and put it on the accumulator, not the sphere.
  15. Put a little mineral grease on the contact surfaces, and screw on the new sphere. Tighten only by hand.
  16. Put the accumulator back where it belongs. (Can be very difficult to screw in the pipes; it is easily done to damage/destroy threads. Take your time.)
  17. Start the car and let it idle for 5-10 minutes.
  18. Tighten the bleed screw.
  19. Make sure there are no leaks.
  20. Bleed the front brakes.
  21. Top up the LHM.



It is almost impossible to replace the accu sphere in the car, because the accumulator is poorly attached. It is therefore best to remove the whole unit and put it in a vise.




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