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Old 04-29-2009, 11:09 AM
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Re: ABS fails in the rain

What year?

Find out what the codes are and focus your attention in that area. If it acts up more when it is wet I would be more inclined to think there is an electrical issue rather than a mechanical issue. Wheel speed sensor, corroded connectors, corroded wires, etc.

A broken exciter ring, usually located on the drive axle, typically causes an overactive ABS when stopping at slower speeds. A quick inspection, if its located externally on the axle shaft, will easily spot a cracked one as it will literally be cracked, this causes one spot in the exciter ring to have more space between the teeth. More space = longer time between signals = fooling the ABS module into thinking the wheel is turning much slower than it really is when it gets to that spot.
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