Unusual ABS fix

Sean d

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As some of you may well know I have had some difficulties with my ABS since the car was stripped and rebuilt I have had one problem after another,
The latest was after MOT the lights came on again, read the code and got "front left wheel speed sensor no signal" I reset the code and tried the ignition, it cycled through and cleared, no lights until I drove it and within a 100 yards it lit up again,
I swapped the front sensors over and still got the same code for the left wheel sensor, today I took the sensor out and inspected the reluctor ring through the hole, its brand new as I fitted new hubs, on appearance it looks just as it should, I then put my little finger in the hole so it was touching the ring and turned the hub, I soon noticed that it was touching and the not for about a third of a turn which meant it wasn't fitted tight to the hub,
I used a punch and tapped it home all the way round, probably only a couple of MM on one side, put it back together and bugger me the code cleared after about 100 yards, took it for a blast and no lights, hoipe thats the bloody end of it,:thumbsup::D:D
 

Mint

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Well done Sean for persevering, top marks as usual:thumbsup:
 

t-tony

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Hope that's the end of it now Sean. We all get blinkered by the fact that new part are bound to be perfect, and sadly sometimes they're not. Good for you for tracking it to the ring mate.

Tony.
 

Sean d

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Hope that's the end of it now Sean. We all get blinkered by the fact that new part are bound to be perfect, and sadly sometimes they're not. Good for you for tracking it to the ring mate.

Tony.
To be honest mate there was not much else it could have been, initially thought I might find a piece of crap in there
 

Jjim

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Glad to hear you managed to sort it without having to rip parts out to find the problem.
 

Z3I

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That's a good result! Well done for sorting it out in the end!
 

Redline

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Using a Manchester spanner to fix a light? Whatever next?
Great detective work:thumbsup:
 
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