proportional valve: how important to have working one?

[Brett Dikeman]

At 6:48 PM -0500 2/27/02, Kneale Brownson wrote:
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>This is a dealer-only part, I'm told, and is quite expensive even with List
>discounts.

Except it doesn't need to be replaced, I don't think.

My mechanic(Greg Haymann, one of the best in New England), mentioned
off hand that mine was stuck.  "Yep, unstuck it and adjusted it
properly.  You're all set now."

I would suspect that given its rather simple purpose, its probably
quite easy to unstick and get working properly(save for the PITA of
getting it off the car.)  I do profess that I've never seen it up
close+personal, so maybe its really not rebuildable.


BTW...to all those who said "it doesn't do much", WRONG.  It
specifically limits brake power to the rear wheels when there isn't
enough weight on them...ie, it makes it harder to lock the rear
wheels(in theory.)

Then, when you have people in the back seat and some luggage, the
valve allows full brake force to those wheels, because there's plenty
of traction.

IMHO, removing it would be a bad idea.

Brett
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