By disco al on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 08:35 am: Edit

Wanted to know if others have disabled their ABS
when four wheeling. What are the benifits and
negatives towards using ABS.

By al hang on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 09:19 am: Edit

yes, many have including me. the stock system sucks and increases braking distances, especially when off road.

-al

By Milan on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 10:46 am: Edit

I dosconnected mine in the winter. My stopping distance on ice was increased due to the ABS. Once disconnected it hadled just like any other car on ice - i.e. not great but at least it was no longer creeping into the intersections.

By Lino palumbo on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 05:27 pm: Edit

How is it disabled and does that abs light stay on all the time

Thanks Lino

By Pvt Joker on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 05:32 pm: Edit

Pull the fuse....

By Lino on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 05:36 pm: Edit

Thanks Dude, can you help me with my wet passenger side floor ???
Lino

By Pvt Joker on Tuesday, July 24, 2001 - 05:44 pm: Edit

clean out the drain plug: it's in the tranny tunnel

By lino on Wednesday, July 25, 2001 - 04:23 pm: Edit

Ok I pulled the fuse for the ABS but anyone know how to get rid of the abs light in the dash out. Its anoying

By km on Thursday, July 26, 2001 - 09:50 am: Edit

Remove the dash binnacle and pull the bulb from the PCB.

By Daniel on Thursday, July 26, 2001 - 11:14 am: Edit

So is it safe to just leave the fuse out permanently? I have never had ABS on any other vehicle, and I have never had it activate while driving the truck, but that light sure does activate...for no reason at all. How would driving or rather stopping in snow, etc w/o the ABS be affected?
P.S. how do you get the binacle off?

By Marc on Friday, July 27, 2001 - 04:00 pm: Edit

what the hell is a binnacle?

By Leslie on Saturday, July 28, 2001 - 04:57 am: Edit

Marc,

The 'binnacle' is the housing around the dash-guages.

-L

By Lino on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 05:18 am: Edit

Thanks
I will remove it as soon as I have time but I will say one thing, in Canada it snows like hell and with the ABS it was a night mare when it was time to stop. The factory system does not perform well on snow.

Lino

By Daniel on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 05:48 am: Edit

Lino,
Do you plan to keep the ABS fuse out? Also, please let me know how you get the binnacle off. I am trying to decide if I should go ahead and ditch ABS permanently. Any comments would be appreciated.
-Daniel

By Pvt Joker on Monday, July 30, 2001 - 05:28 pm: Edit

get a little piece of black tape and put it over the light on the OUTSIDE of the instrument glass.

By Daniel on Tuesday, July 31, 2001 - 03:26 am: Edit

Naah,Can't do it. I don't like that piece of tape there...I have to do it right or not at all.
(As if disconecting the ABS system is "right", but if it really is that bad what do I need it for?)

By Mike J. (Mudd) on Tuesday, July 31, 2001 - 04:46 am: Edit

tape sucks! I've had it for a while. Any day I have time I plan to replace the bad speed sensor in my right front wheel. That will turn the light off easier and properly.

By Milan on Tuesday, July 31, 2001 - 05:34 am: Edit

Lino,
Where in Canada are you? I'm in Calgary. I too found the ABS horrible on snow and ice. Or anywhere I expect a lock up.

I also found it much easier to pull the plug from the underhood module. No fuses to loose. However, the light is still on. One day I may remove the bulb but since I know why it's on it does not really bother me.