proportional valve: how important to have working one?

[Konstantin Bogach]

I never tried to unstuck it but, I read several reports that people failed to do
that.  Anyway, I will try too and post the result.  Don't know when though.

Konstantin Bogach.

Brett Dikeman wrote:

> At 6:48 PM -0500 2/27/02, Kneale Brownson wrote:
> >--
> >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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