vacuum leaks - brake booster?

[brianm@earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

yes 
your master clyn is leaking INTO your booster.
at the point of extreme failure you will actually have to pull the brake 
pedal off the floor with your foot... BTDT last year trip to cincy...
brian

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, T. Reed wrote:

> Okay, this is just a random stab.. knowing that the brake booster operates
> off of engine vacuum, I have to assume that it has some sort of big rubber
> diaphragm with a lot of surface area that generates braking force by
> utilizing the gas pressure differential between atmospheric pressure and
> engine vacuum.
> 
> Does this rubber ever fatigue or crack and result in a vacuum leak that
> could go undetected, hurting engine performance? Or would that cause a
> very noticable change in braking power?
> 
> Just curious if anyone has any experience with this happening.
> 
> -Toby
> 
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