Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now?/ABS
Y'all need to come on up north for a bit this winter. I activate the ABS daily around here after about mid November. Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wilton Strickland Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 6:09 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now?/ABS l've activated ABS only once on my 91 350SDL - 'worked very nicely. Years ago at night in the rain, a car poulled out in front of me at an intersection where I had a green light. I stomped the brakes and held them; the system pulsed with a rapid DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT, etc., as I came to a smooth, straight ahead stop short of a collision. 'Saved bo'fus. Wilton - Original Message - From: Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now? Far as I understand ABS systems is that it deactivates at slow speed/zero speed, otherwise the system would always try and let the wheels turn. Further ABS systems have a self diagnostic function that switches the systems off if any variation is detected, or in other words it works 100% or not at all. The only way I can think of, with my limited knowledge, for an ABS system to produce rock hard brakes is that the system has opened the brakes and is stuck there. I would expect that this would cause alarm bells to go off in the diagnostic part. I guess the way to determine if ABS is the problem is to deactivate it and see if the problem persists but the wiser thing is to have the system tested by a pro. Hendrik with ABS in the TE, my first ABS car R A Bennell wrote: I did wonder about that as well but she did not mention any chattering or other indication of ABS malfunction. I suppose it could be related. I wonder how one tests for something like that? Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frederick W Moir Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 3:06 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now? Randy, Mis-behaving ABS? My family has had some adventures with ABS weirdness., like sliding out into an intersection at low speed with rock-hard brakes = ripple-y road surface confused ABS. Fred Moir Lynn MA ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now?/ABS
l've activated ABS only once on my 91 350SDL - 'worked very nicely. Years ago at night in the rain, a car poulled out in front of me at an intersection where I had a green light. I stomped the brakes and held them; the system pulsed with a rapid DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT, etc., as I came to a smooth, straight ahead stop short of a collision. 'Saved bo'fus. Wilton - Original Message - From: Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now? Far as I understand ABS systems is that it deactivates at slow speed/zero speed, otherwise the system would always try and let the wheels turn. Further ABS systems have a self diagnostic function that switches the systems off if any variation is detected, or in other words it works 100% or not at all. The only way I can think of, with my limited knowledge, for an ABS system to produce rock hard brakes is that the system has opened the brakes and is stuck there. I would expect that this would cause alarm bells to go off in the diagnostic part. I guess the way to determine if ABS is the problem is to deactivate it and see if the problem persists but the wiser thing is to have the system tested by a pro. Hendrik with ABS in the TE, my first ABS car R A Bennell wrote: I did wonder about that as well but she did not mention any chattering or other indication of ABS malfunction. I suppose it could be related. I wonder how one tests for something like that? Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Frederick W Moir Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 3:06 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now? Randy, Mis-behaving ABS? My family has had some adventures with ABS weirdness., like sliding out into an intersection at low speed with rock-hard brakes = ripple-y road surface confused ABS. Fred Moir Lynn MA ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] What would you buy now?/ABS
It pays to every now and then test the brakes to make sure that they are working well, the best way is while you are going down a hill. Make sure there ain't no car behind you. A good mechanic will do this as part of scheduled maintenance or after working on the braking system. Hendrik Wilton Strickland wrote: l've activated ABS only once on my 91 350SDL - 'worked very nicely. Years ago at night in the rain, a car poulled out in front of me at an intersection where I had a green light. I stomped the brakes and held them; the system pulsed with a rapid DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT-DRT, etc., as I came to a smooth, straight ahead stop short of a collision. 'Saved bo'fus. Wilton ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
