Hipsters Brake
 

I'm thinking that my solenoid (PG) is acting up...as everyonce in a while I get a really funky reaction time..like really bad like .100, after a normal day with teen's...

I dont see them for sale anywhere (on Hipsters website or Jegs)...is any of the other mfg'rs soleniod the same as a replacement ? Or do I have to contact them directly and get one from them...

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You can either buy them from Jegs. or Summit, Jegs has free shipping, or from Steve Grady, Grove city Ohio. Ray Sowers

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I dont see one that says Hipster...all are other brands...I'm skeered to buy one that doesnt say it fits a Hipster valve body...

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Ray, same answer as above..I dont see one that says it will work with a Hipster brake...should I assume that any solenoid will work with any brake ?

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Solinoid just de-energizes so how would one cause your RT's to be slow? A sticking valve maybe but the solinoid doesn't have much to do with release time.....

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Rich, I am having some issues with a weird r/t (like a .100 or something)comes up every once in a while and mostly when the car/trans is a little warmer/later rounds......everything has been gone thru several times...the soleniod is about 5 years old and I'm thinking its time to replace it to rule out one more thing, or fix it...

I'm open to any other suggestions ....

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Dave, is it a aluminum valve body?
If so read the other transbrake thread.
This issue is why I do not use the alum brake on any trans I build for myself or a customer.
Hope this helps.
Rick

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Rick, nope , steel valvebody...

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Dave, like I said the solinoid only energizes to apply the brake. Once power is removed from the solinoid it de-energizes and the pressure in the trans. drives the valve and the solinoid back. There is no spring in there like the old ones. If the solinoid is free to move without any binding there is nothing it can do to slow up your RT's. Maybe you blinked or your getting feeble.....:p:eek: