Brakes

The brakes on my girlfriend's 2002 Taurus have started making a pulsing action under normal to heavy braking. Can the ABS be causing this or is it more likely one of the rotors?

If it turns out to be a rotor that needs to be turned or replaced, I'll do the work myself, however, I've never removed and replaced rotors on a car with ABS. Is this pretty much the same as cars without ABS? or are there other precautions I should take not to disrupt the ABS system and cause other problems?


Thanks.

I would bet on the rotors. When you remove the calipers the rotors should just slide off.

The brakes on my girlfriend's 2002 Taurus have started making a pulsing action under normal to heavy braking. Can the ABS be causing this or is it more likely one of the rotors?

If it turns out to be a rotor that needs to be turned or replaced, I'll do the work myself, however, I've never removed and replaced rotors on a car with ABS. Is this pretty much the same as cars without ABS? or are there other precautions I should take not to disrupt the ABS system and cause other problems?


Thanks.

On the taurus/Sable you have unbolt the caliper and take the caliper bracket off to get the rotor off.

Pull the slider pins which is what the caliper "floats" on and clean and regrease them with high temp silicone or high temp grease.

Mike
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If you need to compress the calipers because you decided to replace the pads while you're in there, open the bleeder screw while compressing the piston to avoid forcing fluid back into the brake and ABS system. Just be careful not to let air into the system.

If your Taurus has rear disc brakes, then you need to rotate the pistons while applying pressure to compress the calipers. This takes a special tool available for purchase or loan at most automotive parts stores.

And yes, based on your very brief description of the issue, I'd suspect that you have warped rotors.

-Rod