PROPORTIONING VALVES on 16v

[derrickmd18 at juno.com (der flo)]

ok. how far down or where is the second one.  My Left rear brake caliper
is seized I think because all my other 3 pads have pad on them but that
one is metal to metal.  


On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:48:01 -0700 "Dave Ewing"
<MK1Scirocco16v@comcast.net> writes:
> Yeah, there's one ON the master and one in line further down on the 
> other
> rear brake line.  If there isn't one there then someone has 
> probably
> replaced the line because the tweaked it when replacing the master 
> and had
> to replace a piece of it and took the prop valve out (or something 
> like
> that).  There should be two and if you don't have two then one rear 
> caliper
> is getting more pressure than the other which could cause premature 
> pad wear
> on that caliper or even cause it to lock up at times (hard braking). 
>  If you
> are missing one, then I would install one as this could be a safety 
> hazard
> (braking hard in the rain on the freeway or something!!!).  HTH!
> 
> Dave
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "der flo" <derrickmd18@juno.com>
> To: <toFUNit@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: PROPORTIONING VALVES on 16v
> 
> 
> > I recently replaced my master cylinder and it had one on it.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:05:59 -0400 "toFUNit" <toFUNit@yahoo.com> 
> writes:
> > > Missing one? I tough the same, until I found the second one...
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of der flo
> > > Sent: 15 juillet, 2003 23:45
> > > To: sandor@vwot.org
> > > Cc: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > Subject: Re: PROPORTIONING VALVES on 16v
> > >
> > > on mine its one on there and thats it.  I thought it was 
> because
> > > the
> > > Master cyclinder was a 22mm but now I'm starting to wounder 
> because
> > > I
> > > saw
> > > a few cars with two of them.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:35:45 -0400 (EDT) "Sandor" 
> <sandor@vwot.org>
> > > writes:
> > > > > I have a 87 vw scirocco and on my car I have only one
> > > proportioning
> > > > > valve.  Is that normal?  because everywhere I look they sell
> > > them
> > > > in a
> > > > > set.
> > > > are you sure you only have one?
> > > > I recently picked up a 16V rocco booster/pedals set up and one 
> of
> > >
> > > > them was
> > > > screwed directly into the master and the other was positioned 
> a
> > > > short
> > > > distance away inline...check again, maybe that's how they 
> are?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > sandor
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