What Does a Brake Booster Do?
Over the years, the modern automotive braking system has enjoyed many innovations, including the widespread implementation of the brake booster. Designed to help improve braking performance and safety, the brake booster is an essential component of the braking system that helps allow accessibility to any driver regardless of strength or size, all thanks to its ability to manipulate engine vacuum. Braking System Overview While using them is generally quite simple, the modern automotive braking system itself is a complex and often times misunderstood system. By depressing the brake pedal, a shaft is pushed forward. This shaft is attached to the power brake booster which uses engine vacuum to help give the brake pedal some added force, which helps to counter the high pressures found in the braking system. Combined with the power of your foot pressing the brake pedal, this shaft helps push a piston inside your brake master cylinder, which in turn displaces brake fluid through your braking
