Vacuum pump for Unified Tow Brake
I have been using the US Gear Unified Tow Brake in my last two tow vehicles, and now want to install it in a third. Unfortunately, it seems as if the vacuum pump has failed: testing the system befor...
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Amazing this thread showed up today as my UTB vacuum pump just failed and we're about ready to head out on vacation... figures!
A replacement UTB vacuum pump is over $400 and is a special order taking a couple weeks at best according to the service rep I spoke to at PPL. It was the only retailer I found online offering the pump new.
Fortunately I found a guy on ebay selling all the towed vehicle parts without the towing vehicle control selling "buy it now" for less than a new pump so now it's on it's way to it's new owner. However...
My toad service manual specifies a minimum 12" of vacuum. Jegs, Summit Racing, and a host of other retailers offer various electric brake vacuum pumps. Looking at the description of many of these pumps, they state not for vacuum brake use as they may not be adequate.
Personally, if I have another vacuum pump failure, I'll be trying one of these aftermarket pumps. They all provide way more than the minimum vacuum my Jeep specifies, and after disassembling my old pump, I can't imagine I'll be giving up anything in quality or reliability.
A replacement UTB vacuum pump is over $400 and is a special order taking a couple weeks at best according to the service rep I spoke to at PPL. It was the only retailer I found online offering the pump new.
Fortunately I found a guy on ebay selling all the towed vehicle parts without the towing vehicle control selling "buy it now" for less than a new pump so now it's on it's way to it's new owner. However...
My toad service manual specifies a minimum 12" of vacuum. Jegs, Summit Racing, and a host of other retailers offer various electric brake vacuum pumps. Looking at the description of many of these pumps, they state not for vacuum brake use as they may not be adequate.
Personally, if I have another vacuum pump failure, I'll be trying one of these aftermarket pumps. They all provide way more than the minimum vacuum my Jeep specifies, and after disassembling my old pump, I can't imagine I'll be giving up anything in quality or reliability.
