Good knowledge! Thanks for posting the info!
Ok, to help someone in the future who may experience the same
weirdness I did with their antilock brakes. If you recall, I had the
antilock brakes pulsing the pedal up as I came to a slow speed stop.
I didn't have a dash light indication and after some discussion here
I cleaned and tested the sensors and found no problems. Following
other's advice I disconnected the brainbox for the antilock system
and all was good. That is until I went to have the front end aligned
after I replaced a tie rod end. Found one of my front wheels had a
loose bearing. Drove it home and pulled the tire to see how bad the
bearing was and found the split nut that holds the bearing had come
loose and the only thing keeping the nut from coming completely
loose was the grease cap!!! Pulled the bearing and inspected
everything and found no damage so I repacked it and put it back
together. Considering the close tolerances on the pickup for the
brakes, I hooked it back up to see what happened and lo and behold
the brake problem went away. Appearantly the looseness of the
bearing caused the sensor to lose signal under certain conditions
yet function fine otherwise. Moral of the story, if the antilock
brakes start acting weird CHECK THE WHEEL BEARINGS!! Right now, as
in as soon as you notice the problem. It was only dumb luck that
kept that damned wheel from coming apart at 75 mph...
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