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At first blush it sounds like the brake
shoes. Since you've already had the booster reworked and you get pressure
on the pedal to the metal anyway, it sounds like the most obvious...brake
shoes. 32K original miles for a '53 seems really low....might not that
odometer be going around for the 2nd time? And if it is the second time
around...then it's probably brake shoes.
Quint
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 3:45
PM
Subject: IML: brakes 53 imperial
i finally got my 53 registered, headlites
working, and cleaned up for the first run out of the yard. everytrhing seemed
to be going well until i realized that the brakes were not stopping the car
well. they worked fine about the first half mile, then when i stepped on them
the car would start to stop but near the end of the stop the car continued to
roll even with strong pressure on the pedal. it would finally stop. i did
smell burning coming from the brakes and brought the car home. i had the
booster rebuilt last fall and it seems to be ok. i am under the impression
that the brake shoes simply are so old that they are no longer able to provide
the friction and are burning instead of gripping. one of the rear brakes seems
to be gripping too hard and that wheel even locked up. the car has what i
believe to be 32,000 original miles and i think these are probably the
original shoes and wheel cylinders. nothing appears to be leaking and when i
had the drums off to do the wheel bearings everything looked good. when i hold
the pedal it stays up and it needs no pumping to operate the brakes. does
anybody have any suggestions? i think i just need to do a brake job. dennis
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