[DML] Re: Brake Calipers, Tie Rod ends, Electrical Parts Source

["basfe25" <dmcman73@xxxx>]

The original poster called them Pressure regulators so I just copied 
it into it. BTW...when I said on a computer controlled Brake system 
I meant anything that is electronic that is connected to the brake 
system to "contol" a certain function. I'm still stuck on working on 
ABS systems and more modern cars with all the fancy wiring going 
into the brake system. I keep forgetting the "mecahnical" ones like 
the Delorean as opposed to the "electrical" ones. I guess I'm just a 
youngen. :P

Steve 

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Josh Keady <joshkeady@xxxx> wrote:
> I think you're thinking of a proportioning valve, and they're used 
on many
> more cars than just the "computer controlled" other wise, you'd be 
getting
> the rear wheels locking up all of the time. Under even moderate 
breaking a
> lot of weight is shifted off of the rear and on to the front. If 
equal
> pressure is delivered to all four brakes (simultaneously even... 
some
> proportioning valves include a fraction-of-a-second delay) it will 
result in
> the rear wheels locking in the most awkward of manners.
> 
> Granted, the Delorean rear-end has some, um, ballast, and I'm not 
sure how
> its system is proportioned front-rear, but I can assure you that 
many cars
> (especially light, FWD configurations) get proportioned regardless 
of
> whether or not they have computer intervention.
> 
> Josh Keady
> (no D, but I like cars...)
> http://www.wizzards.net/keady/
> 
> on 7/31/02 6:40 PM, basfe25 at dmcman73@xxxx wrote:
> 
> snip
> > Pressure 
> > regulators are used on computer controlled brake systems...not 
fully
> > manual ones like the Delorean.
> > 
> snip