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On 24 Jun 2005 at 16:16, Iturzaeta , Joseph wrote: > I don't know that much about brakes, let alone vw brake standards. But I > believe the "rpv" is mainly used on disc brake applications and they > keep fluid in the line so the pad floats closer to the disc. Something > like that. You can buy after market ones from summit racing for like $10 > a piece. I think they use a 10 psi on disc and you can get them in a 2 > psi for drums. They were never used in OE applications for disk brakes. If someone is selling them for disks, they're doing a real disservice. Disks can't tolerate any real residual pressure. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~