Powerbrakes....

["John Harvey" <harvey5691@xxxxxxx>]

I just need to adjust the shoes, the pedal travel is excessive.  No squeels,
and the boost is there, Ijust run out of travel before the shoes are tight
enough on the drums.  There is aproceedure in my tech manual for doing it, I
just have been too busy and it has been too hot for me to go out into my
non-air conditioned shop to do the job.
----- Original Message -----
From: "kenyon wills" <imperialist60@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Powerbrakes....


>
> --- John Harvey <harvey5691@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have actually
> > succeeded in locking all 4
> > wheels on the Franklin.  I have done that with a Model A,
> >  too.  And had 3
> > friends who cold open the doors and drag their feet to
> > get the damn thing to
> > slow.
>
>
> John,
>
> This foot dragging thing is positively prewar!  Your
> postwar Imperial will be quite resistant to this
> methodology and tough on your dress shoes.
>
> What adjustments do you need to do?
>
> Most of the time, the presence of brakes but the absence of
> boost means that your booster needs to be rebuilt.  This is
> a modular piece that gets repaired (normally by others) and
> then bolted back in, so not much adjustment.  Anything else
> would be in the brake system and not the booster, unless
> you have a hole or disconnection in your hoses that go to
> the manifold that generates and delivers the vacuum to the
> booster.
>
> Please expand on what you think needs attention.  I
> replaced my 73 booster in about an hour, and I was snapping
> the wife forward in her seat once again.
>
> =====
> Kenyon Wills
> 6o LeBaron - America's Most Carefully Built Car
> 73 LeBaron - Long Low & Luxurious
>
> San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area
>
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