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Old 04-06-2006, 07:40 AM
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Default ***How-To*** Check & Clean Your Front ABS Wheel Sensor

If you have a abs light on consistantly and you check the code and it says front wheel sensor, it may not be damaged, but just need to be cleaned. So to check if yours in dirty follow this article and it may solve your problem.

Tools Required:
Rachet
10mm
Short Extention
Jack
Jack Stands
Wheel Lock
Rag or Paper Towels

1) First start by removing the front wheel for either passenger or driver side depending on which one you start with. Make sure to support your car on jack stands and not just the jack.

2) Next turn the steering wheel all the way in, opposite the side your working on. For example if your working on the passenger side, turn the wheel all the way towards the drivers side.

3) Locate the abs wheel sensor which is directly mounted onto the knuckle and then remove the two 10mm bolts that hold the abs sensor directly. Then along the line theres another two 10mm bolts, that need to be removed, just follow the abs sensor line to get at them. Three of the four bolts are pictured below.



Here's what I had to deal with.

Driver Side





Passenger Side





4) Now take your rag or paper towels and start wiping off all the dirt and/or grease.

After Cleaning







Follow steps 3 - 1 backwards for re-installation.


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Old 04-06-2006, 08:29 AM
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holy crap those were dirty before, thanks for the pics!!!
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Nice thread, I think I'm going to have to do this.
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Great write up man Thanks!
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Great write up idea. I def need to do this on both my vehicles. THANKS.
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Default Re: ***How-To*** Check & Clean Your Front ABS Wheel Sensor (wildoutwhitegsr)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wildoutwhitegsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"></TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh come on, real men don't wear latex gloves

Nice write-up though.


bolo, I have a pretty funny pic you should see haha.
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damn! those were pretty gunked up, probably never been cleaned. nice write-up man
Old 04-06-2006, 09:22 AM
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sweet write up man! i would def. take advantage of this write up but i dont have ABS
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Hahaha, the gloves stay.

What pic is that?

Thanks guys
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nice..i've had an abs code saying its my passenger side speed wheel sensor or something. i've always asked people to help me out but usually everyone only knows how to rip out the abs. This is the perfect write up I was looking for. I'll try it out tomorrow evening if I dont end up goin out and drink
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bookmarked! nice write-up
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thanks man, my light has been on forever and I wasnt sure if i has going to be forced to buy a new one or not. now i will be able to check today thanks man
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wildoutwhitegsr is the best person for writing up how-to posts

I enjoy reading all of them, keep up the good work
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hey guys i have a 94 ls and I also have the abs light on. I now when i start my car up you can hear the abs under the hood make noise like its pumping up or something to that affect. After 30ish seconds everytime it quits that noise and posts a abs light. Is that noise normal and could doing this DIY maybe rectify this issue of that noise if its not normal
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gsrjrsc &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey guys i have a 94 ls and I also have the abs light on. I now when i start my car up you can hear the abs under the hood make noise like its pumping up or something to that affect. After 30ish seconds everytime it quits that noise and posts a abs light. Is that noise normal and could doing this DIY maybe rectify this issue of that noise if its not normal</TD></TR></TABLE>

The abs is doing its own self check when it does this, the sensors are probably what is causing the ABS light to come on

I think cleaning them would be a good idea anyways, im about to clean mine when the rain stops
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thanks for the input much appreciated!
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Awesome man! I'm gonna try to do this tomorrow . . .
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wow..i never heard about this.. this should be on sticky
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is it the same for the rear?
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Default Re: ***How-To*** Check & Clean Your Front ABS Wheel Sensor (wildoutwhitegsr)

nice post, have the same problem right now with my front right sensor. im gonna def try this tomorow
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Default Re: ***How-To*** Check & Clean Your Front ABS Wheel Sensor (wildoutwhitegsr)

Hey,

I think this will really be helpful to me as I am seeing the ABS light ON my instrument panel. However, I am not able to see the pics attached. Could you send me the pics.

Thanks in advance.
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Here's the link for the album

http://smg.photobucket.com/alb...ensor/
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thanx man i have to do that as well, good post
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Nice! My abs light has been coming on recently. I need to do a test to see if it is my sensor (i hope it is). Someone rehost the pictures!
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host the pictures please...thx


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