1953 brakes

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

What is the condition of the rest of your brakes? The booster only provides 
power assist. It makes the brakes a little easier to activate. A bad brake 
booster should not keep the car from stopping.

Paul

> i have sent this post in twice and have not seen it on the site. i will try 
>once more, but it is rather long and i do not type very well. i finally took 
>my 53 imperial out on the road. at first everything seemed fine. then the 
>brakes started to not work properly and the car would barely stop, even at low 
>sped. the brakes felt like they were not grabbing. i put a rebuilt booster in 
>last fall and the car has not been driven except in my yard and not often. i 
>called the rebuilder and he told me if you do not use the booster at least 
>once every 3 weeks it can go bad. this seems illogical to me, does anyone know 
>of this to be true? i was told to check the vacuum, it should be 17 pounds or 
>higher. i just got a guage so i will check that as soon as i can. the 
>rebuilder said he will redo it for me if needed since i was not informed about 
>the three week rule. i know that is a nice gesture but the labor involved is 
>something i do not look forward to. any suggestions?  
> dennis 
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