1999 saabe 9-5 V-belt breaks, now my power assisted brakes are also not working?

[dinolencioni]

Hello,

I recently had my Serpentine belt break on my 1999 Saab 9-5 4-cyl, as well as the water pump, but when I drove it into my garage to fix, the brakes were super hard, i.e. the power assist was not working. Since this happened when the v-belt broke, are they connected at all? I did replace the v-belt and water pump but the brakes still are not working. Any ideas? I feel the two are connected because they happened at the same time. Does the power assist braking system tie into the v-belt at all?

thanks!

[JunkOwner]

Usually when the belt goes so does the tensioner. Replace that and see if it fixes it. Also check to see if you have the belt routed properly.