Antilock Brakes are acting wierd

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My antilock brakes activate at random during normal stops on dry pavement. Not everytime, just sometimes. They just kick on. No code throw, no CE light, and the antilock light is not on at all.

Could something be dirty or is something busted?

Searched for similar topics going back to Jan 2002, but no definite answers.

Thoughts?
 

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I will check the helms manual on how to replace. How easy and how costly is something like this to repair? Sounds like you unscrew the sensor and replace a washer which sounds too easy.
 

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If it happens as you approach a stop, more likely is the possibility that one of the sensors is out of gap spec, or out of line with the exciter. If one is farther away from the ring than all the others, you get ABS activation as you approach a stop, here's why:

As the coil (exciter) spins past the magnet (sensor) it creates a voltage. The ABS system monitors these voltages. As you slow, the voltages drop. The ABS system watches for differences in these voltages to assume a wheel has stopped turning. when it sees zero voltage it assumes the wheel isn't turning.

As you approach a stop, the wheel with the larger sensor gap than the others, gets a zero voltage from the sensor before all the other wheels, because the sensor is too far from the exciter to get a voltage. The computer thinks the wheel has stopped, and releases the brakes on that wheel, that's the activation you are feeling in the pedal.

Same thing happened to me, found left rear sensor wasn't screwed in and was working itself out, screwed it back on, problem go bye bye.

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Nook,

Ya know what....thats a great post man....I will check it out today. I think just about every weird electrical/brake problem I have had with my car has been answered by you.

Thx.
 

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