Why is a brake servo support bracket necessary?
The braking system on the MGF is typical in modern cars in that the braking effort is assisted via the action of a ‘brake servo’- basically a hydraulic piston whose action is aided by the vacuum created by the engine. In the case of the MGF, the servo is mounted on the opposite side to the driver for reasons of crash safety. Therefore, when the brake pedal is depressed, the linear motion of the brake pedal depression is translated into a rotational force- and transferred across the width of the car via a torque tube to the brake servo, wherein this rotational force is translated into a hydraulic force that operates the brake callipers to clamp the brake discs. For purposes of a solid pedal feel and efficient brakes, all the braking components should be solidly mounted: the components should NOT move relative to one another. If this occurs, some of the force the driver applies to the brake pedal is lost into movement of the components of the braking system relative to one another. Unfor
