This is something that I have been meaning to put on the Forum for a while, I could not find the new post button.
If any of you with a Mangusta would go into the front compartment and take that little panel off that conceals the brake and clutch bottles, about 5 screws, you will find the pedal assembly. There is one small spring that returns the pedal to the normal position at the front end of the booster after braking. If it snaps you have no brakes, the pedal goes to the floor and will not return unless you return it manually by pulling it back with your foot.
This happened to me, I was fortunate that no one was in front of me, I did run a red light. The spring attachment is really a shoddy piece of work, hard to believe.
I immediately added a second spring as a back-up and am building a small bolt on bracket to replace the two with two that are balanced, there is a handy bolt on the pedal carrier casting that can be used for attachment.
Anyway, take a look, you will be shocked. The original springs only last about 20,000 miles, then snap.
There are no replacements, you have to find a substitute, that is why I opted to create something new. A Pantera spring will not work, they are the wrong size.
DICK RUZZIN / 8MA-670
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