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Old 01-05-2012, 01:05 PM
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I have the K20 rotors and calipers, just waiting on my brackets to come in. I was reading an old thread about the conversion and someone brought up the need for a proportioning valve and then the question was never answered. So am I going to need to run one?
 
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Old 01-05-2012, 07:42 PM
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Do away with the factory proportioning valve and you'll have to run a bias adjuster to prevent too much application force to the rear calipers. Don't think you'll have any issues after that, I want to do the conversion someday. It'll give me an excuse to spedi sleeve my axle to my wheel seals quit freaking leaking


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Old 01-05-2012, 10:21 PM
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Sounds good, I was thinking about doing that anyways but now I will do it for sure. Hoping I dont have to do to much work rigging brake lines up to those calipers.
 
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Old 01-06-2012, 05:55 PM
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Get ya the front brake hoses for the K20, steel lines should be the same size, just run new lines from the Y block on the axle and you're golden. No "rigging"


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Old 01-06-2012, 05:59 PM
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By same size I mean thread size for the hose and the Y.


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Old 01-09-2012, 09:18 AM
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Gottcha, they are going on this weekend but just an update. I got the front hoses for the 77 k20 and the female end is a 3/8-24 same as the T on the axle you will have to buy the banjo bolts seperate and they are 7/16-20.
 
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Old 01-09-2012, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ricet07
Gottcha, they are going on this weekend but just an update. I got the front hoses for the 77 k20 and the female end is a 3/8-24 same as the T on the axle you will have to buy the banjo bolts seperate and they are 7/16-20.
that'll prove to be useful one of these days


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What about the brake pressure sensor that'll kick the BRAKE(P)! Light on the message center???
 
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