2Rowdy ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

I've seen the balls you refer to, they are green, yes?
and when one of them failed on a BX a mate was driving, he lost
brake servo, power steering and suspension all at once. hence
suddenly he wasn't driving a boat, it was more like driving a slab
of concrete. poor design.

That wasn't a ball that broke.

It could have been the main accumulator let go and dumped the nitrogen into
the system. It would have bled itself and been fine in a few seconds,
though.

Of course, there's no substitute for maintenance - rotten pipes and flat
spheres should both have been replaced *ages* before causing a problem...