[Shotimes] bias valve plugs
Carl Prochilo
gr8sho@adelphia.net
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:32:45 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Exactly.
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson
On Fri, October 22, 2004 4:57 pm, Ron Porter said:
> The flap over the valves has a tiny nut on it. It's easier if you take
> that
> off, and leave it off. On this car, even after PB Blaster, I couldn't get
> it
> off, so I just wrestled it to each side to get the valves out. I left the
> rest of the hardware off, though.
>
> Ron Porter
>
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> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
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> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] bias valve plugs
>
>
> I took off all the hardware I could. The flap that covers the valves is
> the trickiest part. I pried it slightly back and rotated up and out of
> the way. There might be a way to remove it completely since the stud
> looks threaded but I just let it be.
>
> Just remember that once the valve comes out, brake fluid will come out too
> no matter how fast you are. After you install the plugs, you will have to
> bleed the rear brakes. Might be a good time to flush the lines too if you
> haven't done that.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> On Fri, October 22, 2004 1:50 pm, Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com said:
>> I'm hopefully going to work on my brakes this weekend. One
>> of the things I'll be doing is putting the plugs in the rear bias
>> valve. How straight forward is this? Just replace the valves
>> with the plugs? I seem to remember someone asking about the
>> little arm that's on the valve. Does that need to be secured in
>> a certain position, or does it not matter? Anything to watch
>> out for?
>>
>>
>> Mike Wojton
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