Proportioning valve help

[akrapovic]

Hey guys,

I'm having issues with a leaking proportioning valve. I'm on my third one. Everyone is leaking on the out side to the rear brake lines. It is leaking at the adapter that goes into the valve line fitting is fine. Initially it was fine but after a 30 min drive it began to leak when the brake was applied. It is a slow drip but a problem none the less. I know it's not the preferred method but I even tried teflon tape. Should I tighten when the car is warmed up? That's when it seems to leak. Just looking for and tips or suggestions. I have attempted to tighten but doesn't seem to help. Oh yeah, it is a Baer proportioning valve. I'm using 1/4 aluminum factory type lines, c5 master and booster and c5 4 wheel disc brakes.

As always thanks in advance

[JRouche]

Humm, same valve fitting? For all three valves??? If so I would suspect that. Or do you get a new one with every valve. What kind of adapter is it? Flare to NPT? If its NPT then it should be self sealing, its a tapered thread. But... Sometimes a lil pipe dope works to help seal the threads and more importantly gives a lil lubrication to the threads so friction isnt causing you to bind up before the threads actually get to form a mechanical seal. I wouldnt use tape. If its a NPT that is leaking I would use a very small amount of good dope and use a flare wrench to put some solid torque to the fitting. Just a thought. JR

Originally Posted by akrapovic

Hey guys,

I'm having issues with a leaking proportioning valve. I'm on my third one. Everyone is leaking on the out side to the rear brake lines. It is leaking at the adapter that goes into the valve line fitting is fine. Initially it was fine but after a 30 min drive it began to leak when the brake was applied. It is a slow drip but a problem none the less. I know it's not the preferred method but I even tried teflon tape. Should I tighten when the car is warmed up? That's when it seems to leak. Just looking for and tips or suggestions. I have attempted to tighten but doesn't seem to help. Oh yeah, it is a Baer proportioning valve. I'm using 1/4 aluminum factory type lines, c5 master and booster and c5 4 wheel disc brakes.

As always thanks in advance

[akrapovic]

I've been using a new brass fitting every time. In fact I tightened the first one to the point where it bottomed out and started leaking like a stuck pig. I have not tried pipe dope but I did use liquid teflon for the first one. I don't think that had enough time to set and was actually eaten away by the brake fluid. I'll try pipe dope next. I'm open to any suggestions so thank you.


here is the description from baer-

Acurately adjust front to rear brake bias with this adjustable proportioning valve from Baer Brakes.

The prop valve body uses 1/8 pipe thread (NPT) and the adaptors we supply with this are 3/8"-24 tube nut for 3/16" tubing and 7/16"-24 tube nut for 1/4" tubing.


Keep em coming.

[ItDoRun]

Before I started my current build, I installed a set of LS1 brakes on the front of my car. I didn't use a proportioning valve, but instead used a Wilwood residual valve between the front and rear of the car. After fabricating all new lines for the car, I learned that they make a 1/8-27 NPT and a 1/8-28 NPT thread.

What size is the connection that's leaking?

[JRouche]

Originally Posted by ItDoRun

Before I started my current build, I installed a set of LS1 brakes on the front of my car. I didn't use a proportioning valve, but instead used a Wilwood residual valve between the front and rear of the car. After fabricating all new lines for the car, I learned that they make a 1/8-27 NPT and a 1/8-28 NPT thread.

What size is the connection that's leaking?

Interesting. But I dont think there is a NPT in 1/8-28. The standard is a 27tpi. Not saying there isnt a 28tpi in some pipe threads, just that its not NPT. JR

[akrapovic]

What size is the connection that's leaking?

The 1/8 NPT fitting is leaking on the proportioning valve side.