Saturday, Jan 06, 2007 at 14:29
Why change the rotors?
Are they worn or to thin? eg below manufacturers specs.
Are all the "teeth" on the toothed wheel in place and not broken? If this is not the case the computer would get "confused" . But this is how the traction control works.
It senses one or other wheels not turning and maybe another turning very quickly. It then takes action to remedy the situation.
The sensors may be cracked and water ingress can cause a problem.
These sensors are what we in the electrical game call "proximity" switches and work by induction. ie a piece of metal in front of the sensor changes the magnetic field and hence the back emf (voltage) of the probe. This is then sensed by the device connected to the other end whatever that may be. Usually some sort of input to a computer.
Don't go changing everything for the heck of it.
If your ABS is not working you may in fact pull up quicker cause you will have the ability to lock up the brakes. This is the whole design philosophy of these things.
Yours brakes and those of your van will still work and pull you up.
You will just be able to lock them up if you push the pedal hard enough.
And in some situation that may be an advantage.
All that putting a blown fuse in does is let the insurance company know a fuse was in place and it may have blown at any instant in time. Who's to know?
Garth
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