broken proporting valve...what now...

blondejoncherokee · May 6, 2008

i broke the little plastic sensor off of the proporting valve tonight. my best guess is to go to picnpull and pull a new valve since they are discontinued, but do i really need that little sensor anyway? just wondering... anyone have any luck with aftermarket valves? its all on/off my 89 xj. im not looking forward to redoing my front lines but its my only choice

blondejoncherokee · May 6, 2008

im thinking that sensor was prob controlled by the computer and it cant run without eh?

600dollarxj · May 6, 2008

did you have ABS?

blondejoncherokee · May 6, 2008

no abs

blondejoncherokee · May 6, 2008

anyone else broken this thing?

89xj · May 6, 2008

all that sensor does is controll the brake light on the dash.

start up the jeep and take the e-brake off and see if the light stays lit.

blondejoncherokee · May 6, 2008

are you sure that all it does it keep the brake light on? i thought the brake light only came on for the ebrake, and not the proporting valve? i didnt think the two were connected

cal · May 6, 2008

That sensor is there to detect if one side of the valve gets pressure and not the other - like if you lose the front or rear brakes, or run out of fluid due to a minor leak - and turn the brake light on.

You can run without it for now, i would not do so in the long term.

blondejoncherokee · May 7, 2008

cool. i actually went to the junk yard today and pulled a new valve just to be safe, but making the new front lines is harder than the rear, thats for sure

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