Problem with the valve/front brakes on 2001 Kawasaki 300

Resetting a proportioning valve in a 2001 Ford Explorer typically involves bleeding the brake system to ensure proper brake pressure distribution. The proportioning valve adjusts the amount of brake pressure sent to the front and rear brakes to optimize braking performance. If you're experiencing brake-related issues or have replaced brake components, bleeding the brake system can help reset the proportioning valve. Here's how to do it:
**Tools and Materials Needed:**
- Brake fluid
- Jack and jack stands
- Wheel chocks
- Wrenches
- Brake bleeder kit or clear plastic tubing
**Steps:**
1. **Safety Precautions:**
- Park the vehicle on a level surface and engage the parking brake.
- Use wheel chocks to prevent the vehicle from rolling.
- Wear appropriate safety gear, including gloves and eye protection.
2. **Prepare the Vehicle:**
- Loosen the lug nuts on all four wheels, but do not remove them completely.
3. **Jack up the Vehicle:**
- Use a jack to lift the vehicle off the ground. Secure it with jack stands for safety.
4. **Bleeding Sequence:**
- Start with the brake caliper or wheel cylinder that is farthest from the master cylinder. In most cases, this would be the right rear wheel.
5. **Bleeding Process:**
- Have a helper pump the brake pedal several times and then hold it down.
- Loosen the bleeder valve on the brake caliper or wheel cylinder.
- Fluid and air bubbles should come out. Tighten the valve before your helper releases the brake pedal.
- Repeat this process (pumping, holding, opening, and closing the valve) until you see clear brake fluid without air bubbles.
6. **Repeat the Process:**
- Move to the next farthest brake caliper or wheel cylinder (left front, right front, left rear) and repeat the bleeding process.
7. **Check Brake Fluid Level:**
- Keep an eye on the brake fluid reservoir while bleeding. Make sure it doesn't run dry, as this can introduce air back into the system.
8. **Top Off Fluid:**
- After bleeding all the brake components, top off the brake fluid reservoir with fresh brake fluid to the recommended level.
9. **Test Brakes:**
- Lower the vehicle, tighten the lug nuts, and then fully tighten them in a crisscross pattern.
- Test the brakes to ensure they feel firm and responsive.
Bleeding the brake system is an important maintenance task, especially after working on the brakes or if you're experiencing spongy brakes. If you're unsure about the process or want to ensure proper brake system maintenance, consider seeking assistance from a professional mechanic.

It could be a couple of things. The question is is hydraulic pressure being Mai tainted on that brake and it sounds do like it might be. That would indicate the brake system is not releasing pressure when the pedal is released. This could be from the master cylinder or proportioning valve. If the hydraulic system is releasing but the brake remains engaged then it is a mechanical issue and I would replace the caliper.

You can not have rubber flex brake hoses on a vehicle
more than 12 years, or they collapse inside & can also blow
out without warning

No fluid flows until you replace the hoses

Once all your brake issues are repaired & you bleed the
system, it will work on all four corners

Any other questions will need some detail & make sense
to help guide you

When you bled the system was fluid coming out the bleeder valves?
Where the bleeder valves closed off with the brake pedal fully depressed?
Is the fluid reservoir cap ok?
Is the master cylinder ok?

Hello, first you Toyota has dual braking system. It goes like this: Left front brake with right rear brake, the right front brake with left rear brake. This a braking safety system that has been incorporated in auto/trucks for a few years now. If brake line is broken. loose wheel caliper, blow caliper piston, any thing that happens to the brake system. You will still have two wheels that have their hydraulic system. Also, the emergency brake will a manual system for the rear wheels.


Why do you need to change your auto brake lines? That valve you are talking about is a load stabilizer valve. It used to limit the amount of hydraulic fluid as more load is place in the rear of your Toyota. Example. by press on the brake pedal, it activates hydraulic pressure to the four wheel disk braking system. The braking system needs to stabilize the hydraulic pressure to the wheel to keep the vehicle moving in a forward motions. Now, by loading the rear of the vehicle this transfer the load disposition of the vehicle by making it heaver in the rear. Therefore, the load compensator valve limit the amount of hydraulic pressure to the rear brakes.



Another thing to remember about this rear load valve, they will get plugged. and the vehicle will not have enough braking pressure for the rear wheels. I hope I answer you question about this load portion valve in the rear of Toyota. GB...stewbison

make sure the piston in the master is going all the way back past the bleed orifice, if it ddoesn't go all the way back the system willl build pressure through heat

take your carburetor apart and clean it . it sounds like your float is sticking . good luck .

The braking force of the rear wheels is controlled by electronic brake distribution (EBD). The EBD functions like a rear proportioning valve. The EBD system uses the ABS system to control the slip of the rear wheels in partial braking range. The braking force of the rear wheels is controlled electronically by using the inlet and outlet valves located in the HCU. The HCU is a Hydraulic control unit. The HCU consists of a valve body, pump motor, and wire harness.

Did they check for DTC (diagnostic trouble codes) in the system? if so, what were they?

Accumulators in the valve body store extra fluid released to the system for ABS mode operation. The pump is used to clear the accumulator of brake fluid and is operated by a DC type motor. The motor is controlled by the ABM.
The valves modulate brake pressure during antilock braking and are controlled by the ABM.
The HCU provides four channel pressure control individually to all the front and rear brakes. Each of the four channels control the rear & front wheel brakes individually.
During antilock braking, the solenoid valves are opened and closed as needed. The valves are not static. They are cycled rapidly and continuously to modulate pressure and control wheel slip and deceleration.
During normal braking, the HCU solenoid valves and pump are not activated. The master cylinder and power booster operate the same as a vehicle without an ABS brake system.
During antilock braking, solenoid valve pressure modulation occurs in three stages, pressure increase, pressure hold, and pressure decrease. The valves are all contained in the valve body portion of the HCU.


PRESSURE DECREASE The outlet valve is opened and the inlet valve is closed during the pressure decrease cycle.
A pressure decrease cycle is initiated when speed sensor signals indicate high wheel slip at one or more wheels. At this point, the ABM closes the inlet then opens the outlet valve, which also opens the return circuit to the accumulators. Fluid pressure is allowed to bleed off (decrease) as needed to prevent wheel lock.
Once the period of high wheel slip has ended, the ABM closes the outlet valve and begins a pressure increase or hold cycle as needed.


PRESSURE HOLD Both solenoid valves are closed in the pressure hold cycle. Fluid apply pressure in the control channel is maintained at a constant rate. The ABM maintains the hold cycle until sensor inputs indicate a pressure change is necessary.


PRESSURE INCREASE The inlet valve is open and the outlet valve is closed during the pressure increase cycle. The pressure increase cycle is used to counteract unequal wheel speeds. This cycle controls re-application of fluid apply pressure due to changing road surfaces or wheel speed.

Look in the recycler or craigs list and average out what the asking prices are for that model. Bump your price a couple hundred for negotiating and see what happens? Chaz Moto DC