Alright so the other day i changed both front brake pads and rotors on my 1996 civic si and when it came to the driver side i had to replace both CV boots on the drive shaft after that we installed everything put the tires on and had the car on axle stands and put the car in gear to hear if everything sounded good so it did than i hit the gas a little bit and the ABS light came on, so i took the tires off took out the sensor and cleaned it and the part of the shaft that it comes into contact did this on both sides and now i'm at a stand still what else could be the problem?

 

I'm going to say the obvious I know but check the fuse.

 

the abs fuse? where is it located? oh and someone in my family suggested it could be the 'wiring clocket' located behind the steering wheel

 

Make sure you didn't damage the tone ring on the outer joint, or the sensor and its harness while removing the driveshaft. They have a habit of failing if you provoke them after its stayed that way for years.

 

The clock spring/cable reel is located behind the steering wheel. The clock spring is not wired up to your ABS. Just to make sure, it is your ABS light that is on and not your SRS light? A bad cable reel will cause the SRS light to come on, the cruise control and horns to fail.

And the fuse is located under the dash. It should be a 7.5A.





Modified by mechanix619 at 7:51 PM 4/5/2008

 

no no its the ABS light for sure ill check that fuse probably tomorrow

and where is the tone ring? is it inside the outer CV boot or the ring after the inner cv boot that is in the splines that goes into the tranny?

 

uhhh the ABS and SRS systems are totally separate, do not mess with the steering column.

its on the outer joint like i just said, outer being furthest away from the center of the car. its a big aluminum ring that looks like a gear stamped onto it.

 

hmmm well we cleaned all the grease off of it, it didnt look damaged =\

 

check the wheel speed sensors....they will throw the abs light

 

where exactly is that?

 

i narrowed down which of my abs sensors was bad by checking each resistance. 3 were close and the other was way off