[urq] To Tilton or not....

[John Karasaki]

I had a tilton on my former urq.  It worked great and was easy to 
install.  Much better than the OEM IMHO.  HTH.

John

At 01:58 AM 9/23/04 -0400, Paul Lethbridge wrote:
>Dear listers,
>
>Well I'm on a brake theme with my urq lately!
>
>My brake is valve is leaking quite a bit after the UPG excitement... A
>replacement looks like $165 at Blau and similar at Clair etc. I am not
>aware of any refurbishers?
>
>I have heard that a few of you have fitted a Tilton adjustable bias
>valves.
>The Tilton valve is about $100, but involves modifying the brake line
>plumbing a little: The Tilton is a two port device, the OEM valve has
>three ports with a Tee joining one front line to the master cylinder &
>bias valve (this must be a safety failure mechanism mentioned in
>Bentley?)
>
>So, should I go with a Tilton or is the modified plumbing not worth the
>$65 up front saving?
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Paul.
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