Recently I have began to notice that the brake pedal seems a stiff every once in a while. Today I saw the brake light illuminate briefly. It seems like this symptom could be either a issue with the booster or the vacuum pump, I suspect the vacuum pump because I replaced the booster about a year ago because the old one was hissing pretty bad.
I don't currently have a vacuum gauge, so I can't test the vacuum yet, but I will be buying one. Mainly I just want to know if this sounds like a vacuum pump issue or not.
To give a little background, about 3 years ago I got my brakes done at Pep Boys. Bad bad bad bad idea. Anyways, I've never been too happy with the performance of my brakes in general. When they originally did the brake job, the parking brake was out of adjustment after they finished, so I brought it back and they gave me some BS about how it was going to cost extra to fix it. After putting up a fuss, they eventually adjusted it, and it worked for awhile. Currently it doesn't hold.
If it's just a vacuum pump, I change that out pretty quick. I live in an apartment complex, so I can't really get away with doing a whole brake job. I am not 100% confident about the job Pep Boys did, so I want to at least address any vacuum issues and then if anything further is needed I can find somewhere to take the truck for any other brake work.
I don't currently have a vacuum gauge, so I can't test the vacuum yet, but I will be buying one. Mainly I just want to know if this sounds like a vacuum pump issue or not.
To give a little background, about 3 years ago I got my brakes done at Pep Boys. Bad bad bad bad idea. Anyways, I've never been too happy with the performance of my brakes in general. When they originally did the brake job, the parking brake was out of adjustment after they finished, so I brought it back and they gave me some BS about how it was going to cost extra to fix it. After putting up a fuss, they eventually adjusted it, and it worked for awhile. Currently it doesn't hold.
If it's just a vacuum pump, I change that out pretty quick. I live in an apartment complex, so I can't really get away with doing a whole brake job. I am not 100% confident about the job Pep Boys did, so I want to at least address any vacuum issues and then if anything further is needed I can find somewhere to take the truck for any other brake work.