hi all
yes i know its been covered a millionty twenty times but thought someone else might find this useful.
i recently 'dropped' off a kerb whilst off roading (ha ha!)
driving on gave me the 3 warning lights on dash and a cold sweat at the repair bill thoughts.
I searched through the forum and found that you can start by checking each ABS sensor by measuring resistance. Three sensors A OK and no guessing that the one on the NSR wheel gave no reading - so well fubar'ed.
Decided to attack old sensor to remove. Mr haynes says tight push fit. Hmm very tight. You get vice grips on and they don't move. Soak in WD40 overnight. still no movement.
Get annoyed. pull harder. snap. off comes wiring connector. adjust grips to fit whats left. this twists off. drill CAREFULLY into remains of sensor - poke and prod with a 'driver to pull bits out. Nope.
Decide serious action needed. Undo rear trailing arm link from hub. Undo 2 x lower link bars at sub frame. undo rear driveshaft hub nut. pull driveshaft from hub.
Drift onto inside face of hub and abs sensor. hit hard. out she pops. reassemble. use new hub nut. use new abs sensor bush. new abs sensor. reconnect. fit wheel. test drive.
at approx 15 -20 mph abs system detects new sensor output and turns off three lights and you have your abs back, oh joy.
sometimes the longer approach is the easier -esp when the sensor is knackered anyway.
One serious note - use a new hub nut. use a torque wrench to set correct torque 400NM oh yes well tight!
yes i know its been covered a millionty twenty times but thought someone else might find this useful.
i recently 'dropped' off a kerb whilst off roading (ha ha!)
driving on gave me the 3 warning lights on dash and a cold sweat at the repair bill thoughts.
I searched through the forum and found that you can start by checking each ABS sensor by measuring resistance. Three sensors A OK and no guessing that the one on the NSR wheel gave no reading - so well fubar'ed.
Decided to attack old sensor to remove. Mr haynes says tight push fit. Hmm very tight. You get vice grips on and they don't move. Soak in WD40 overnight. still no movement.
Get annoyed. pull harder. snap. off comes wiring connector. adjust grips to fit whats left. this twists off. drill CAREFULLY into remains of sensor - poke and prod with a 'driver to pull bits out. Nope.
Decide serious action needed. Undo rear trailing arm link from hub. Undo 2 x lower link bars at sub frame. undo rear driveshaft hub nut. pull driveshaft from hub.
Drift onto inside face of hub and abs sensor. hit hard. out she pops. reassemble. use new hub nut. use new abs sensor bush. new abs sensor. reconnect. fit wheel. test drive.
at approx 15 -20 mph abs system detects new sensor output and turns off three lights and you have your abs back, oh joy.
sometimes the longer approach is the easier -esp when the sensor is knackered anyway.
One serious note - use a new hub nut. use a torque wrench to set correct torque 400NM oh yes well tight!
