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Arthur
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 12:32 pm: | 
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I have a 96 Disco and am getting a "Airgap to large" error code. (this information cost $180 at the local LR dealer). They seemed to feel the entire front wheel needs to be dissasembled to diganose this problem. At $90/hr with no hard estimate I decided to look at this first.
What I found was that the sensor is not fully seated in the housing on this side as compared to the other. I removed the sensor, cleaned off corrosion that had built up on it and re-installed. As the sensor just slides in a bushing it stopped about 5 mm short of the shoulder on the sensor.
I'm suspecting that the bushing should be replaced. It sits in the upper swivil pin. My question is can the upper swivil pin be removed to gain access to the sensor bushing without having to take the anything else apart. I'm also wondering if this is the correct course of action.
Any comments would be most appreciated. |
Teacher
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 08:08 pm: |
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One suggestion.........Spell check your sentences before you post them or take an English course at your local school. |
David Dryden (David914)
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 10:45 pm: |
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Arthur, I'm assuming that your visit to the dealer was due to your Anti-Lock light not extinguishing as it should. Since you re-seated the sensor, is the light now going out after you've reached 5 MPH? If so, you might be OK. If not, then you may want to check further.
"Teacher", you ought to spend some time making yourself useful, rather than criticizing somebody for mis-spelling a few words. The guy is here seeking our help. Give 'em a break for cryin' out loud. If you want to waste good forum space "ranting" about something that trivial, go do it somewhere else, like a J**p website. |
Arthur
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 - 08:49 pm: |
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David
Thanks for your reply.
The light does go out, but the system comes on when breaking on dry pavement. I have since pulled the fuse out, which results in light on all the time, but at least it brakes properly on dry pavement.
My question still is how far down should the sensor actually go in the swivel housing? Should it seat to the shoulder of the sensor? If not, should I replace the bushing? Any suggestion would be helpful. |
David Dryden (David914)
| | Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2002 - 10:52 pm: |
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I'm not an expert by any means, but since nobody else has spoken up...
Try re-seating all of your ABS sensors. Carefully pry them out slightly, then push them back in until they seat (the shoulder will not necessarily contact the brake housing). Also, check the sensor connectors. I'd pull them apart, make sure that they're not corroded inside, then re-connect them, making sure that they snap tightly together. If that doesn't do the trick, let us know. Maybe somebody else here can help.
David |
Al
| | Posted on Monday, April 22, 2002 - 12:33 am: |
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My ABS light does not even come on when I start my car, yet sometimes it will activate in normal conditions and the ABS light still doesnt come on? So Im thinking if I take out the fuse I wont have the annoying little light. Any comments |
Brad
| | Posted on Monday, April 22, 2002 - 12:30 pm: |
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When you reseat the sensor you don't push it all the way down leave a gap about the size of a flat screw drivers head. That is what my mechanic said. I am going to change my sensor out today and you can get one of the sensors at an auto dismantlers that is where I got my rear ones at and they come with a warranty. |
Bill Bettridge (Billb)
| | Posted on Monday, April 22, 2002 - 12:34 pm: |
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Brad - push the sensors as far as they will go and then drive in reverse to "self-gap" them.
Bill |
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