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Old 02-10-2013, 12:42 AM   #1
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Brake lines

Hello everyone this might sound like a dumb question on my proportioning valve theres two inserts I know one is for the drum brakes and the other is for disk brakes what goes where im ready to do my hard lines thanks
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Old 02-10-2013, 12:55 AM   #2
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Re: Brake lines

I did a forum search and found a couple threads

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ighlight=valve
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Old 02-10-2013, 02:08 PM   #3
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Re: Brake lines

Thank you for posting those threads they were helpful I was looking at my propotioning valve and it only has two inserts, on the picture on one of those threads the propotioning valve has three so im guesing they are factory im doing an after market disk brake conversion once again thank you for your help
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Re: Brake lines

What make valve do you have?
Is it adjustable?
Typically, on an aftermarket kit, you only need to put a valve inline for the rear drums.
It's used to reduce the pressure to the rears so they don't grab first and cause a backend skid.
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Old 02-10-2013, 06:16 PM   #5
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Re: Brake lines

My disk brake conversion kit is from CPP there is no brand on the propotionung valve the valve only has two inserts one is bigger than the other by what I researched the smaller insert is for the disk brakes (3/16)and the bigger insert (7/16) is for the rear thank for your info.T he valve is not adjustable
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