JayUK45

Member

• May 5, 2016

• #1

good evening/morning/afternoon, hope this finds you all well?
Quick question, how difficult is it to change the front ABS sensor? Anything to watch out for or any tools I may need, pretty please peeps.

 

GrumpyGel

Well-Known Member

• May 5, 2016

• #2

Morning - I think it all depends on how rusted into the hub it is. Might be worth spraying some WD40 on it a day or 2 before you try to get it out.

 

JayUK45

Member

• May 5, 2016

• #3

Morning to you too grumpy, is it simply a pull out and push in kind of set up then?

 

GrumpyGel

Well-Known Member

• May 5, 2016

• #4

I believe so - not had to change any on my Freelander, but the Disco was a case of pulling out and pushing in. There might also be different types depending on year of the Freelander - because there's different reluctor ring setups. The stories on here have mainly been about sensors that have rusted in and are a bugger to get out.

 

JayUK45

Member

• May 5, 2016

• #5

Cheers for that bud

 

dannymcrtaylor

Member

• May 5, 2016

• #6

Check the selector ring is not cracked first

 

JayUK45

Member

• May 6, 2016

• #7

What is/ where is the selector ring Danny?

 

dannymcrtaylor

Member

• May 8, 2016

• #8

Sorry the abs ring
Stupid phone
On your drive shatfs they crack and spin free or just crack and make a large gap

 

JayUK45

Member

• May 8, 2016

• #9

Nice one Danny I can relate to that, stupid bloody phones. It's annoying uh?

 

Nodge68

Well-Known Member

• May 8, 2016

• #10

If it's after 2003 it might not have reluctor rings. My phones was ok with the correct name!

 

JayUK45

Member

• May 8, 2016

• #11

Cheers Nodge. Mines a 2001. I've sprayed them with contact cleaner to see if they were crudded up with crap, next step to pull the old one out hahaha.

 

Nodge68

Well-Known Member

• May 9, 2016

• #12

JayUK45 said:

Cheers Nodge. Mines a 2001. I've sprayed them with contact cleaner to see if they were crudded up with crap, next step to pull the old one out hahaha.

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A 2001 will have passive ABS sensors that are easy to check with a basic multi meter. You can measure resistance of each sonsor at plug. A good sensor should measure about 1,000 Ohms or so. Any sensor that doesn't have that resistance is likely to be the faulty one.

 

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badfelafel

Member

• May 9, 2016

• #13

Hey @JayUK45 I'll need to do this too soon... if you manage to take any photos I'll owe you a big pint!

 

Nodge68

Well-Known Member

• May 9, 2016

• #14

badfelafel said:

Hey @JayUK45 I'll need to do this too soon... if you manage to take any photos I'll owe you a big pint!

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Can you have a BIG pint?

 

Skinny Mike

Well-Known Member

• May 9, 2016

• #15

Nodge68 said:

Can you have a BIG pint?

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If someone else is buying it, who cares?
Mines a John Smiths, cheers
Mike

 

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Mark2

Active Member

• May 9, 2016

• #16

I had to drill my sensors out of the hub, even then it was difficult !!

Haven't been on here for a couple of years.
Laid up the FL whilst moving houses a couple of times and being stuck with the 3 amigos even after replacing sensors and getting good ohm readings on the connections, I'd got a bit tired of it.
So she sat for 2 years.
Anyway ......
Am moving again and thought I'd try and sort it out.
Forked out for a Hawkeye last week and plugged in at the weekend.
Cleared the fault codes ...and finally after 3 years those damn 3 amigos said asta la vista baby and vanished !!!!
Wahay !!!!!
Wish I'd bought the code reader ages ago, damn thing has already saved me a lot of time and money in just 2 days.