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[GMCnet] Re: Problem with brass body proportioning valve [message #365374 is a reply to message #365372] Mon, 12 July 2021 10:50 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
James Hupy is currently offline  James Hupy   United States
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Because they could not "just pick some part off of another GM brand" to do
that exact job, they went with what was available at the time. Just my best
guess, anyway.
They engineered some weird stuff in the 70's. Ask me about Converted
gasoline engines to diesel, set crosswise on top of the transaxle in the
front end of Olds "C" bodies. You had to remove the motor mount fasteners
to get at the glow plugs and injectors. WHAT A PITA that was.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 8:34 AM Bill Van Vlack
wrote:

> James Hupy wrote on Sun, 11 July 2021 23:33
>> The disc brakes require more hydraulic pressure to operate than the drum
>> brakes do. That is why the engineers limited the pressure to the drum
>> brakes. When you have all discs on a coach, there needs to be the same
>> amount of pressure to front and rear, and no delay to the front brakes
> like
>> there is with a combination disc/drum system. Not too complex, really.
>> Jim Hupy
>> Salem, Oregon
>
> That makes sense, but it gets more complex when trying to understand why
> the GMC Motorhome engineers did not do it that way. If I understand Dave
> Lenzi's article correctly, the GMCMH disk/drum coach came with a steel
> combination valve that provided the same amount of pressure to the front and
> rear brakes (after the front brake delay).
> --
> Bill Van Vlack
> '76 Royale; Guemes Island, Washington; Twin bed, full (DS) side bath,
> Brazilian Redwood counter and settee tops,455, 6KW generator; new owner a/o
> mid
> November 2015.
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