87 5000CS Proportioning Valve

[Kneale Brownson]

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I priced a replacement valve when I had one caliper that wouldn't let
go.  Multiple hundreds of dollars was what I was told the price for that
little assembly.


At 04:05 PM 01/22/2002 -0800, Erik Gerrits wrote:

>I have done the search and read everything I could
>about the rear proportioning valve.  On my car the
>spring linkage is gone (rusted away I guess).  The
>rear brakes aren't working at all, I did take the
>calipers apart to make sure they work.  My question is
>what would happen if I removed the valve.  This should
>allow the car to have a 50-50 brake bias all the time,
>I think.  Also does anyone have any idea how much a
>new valve costs?
>Thanks,
>Erik
>Audi newbie, AWD Forever
>
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