Brake misbehaviour - ABS?

[Tim Leonard]

Check the speed sensors at the hubs. Most likely?
Tim Leonard
----- Original Message -----
From: mike mcclurg <rrrrraudi at yahoo.com>
To: Peter Berrevoets <pjberr at home.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: Brake misbehaviour - ABS?


> Yes, very similar to behavior of mine recently. See
> discussions in the last few weeks.
> Bottom line is that I disassembled the relay and
> cleaned and resoldered joints, and then found a
> problem with a loose fuse on the top of the relay. One
> or the other or a combination of all the above fixed
> mine. It is still working fine.
> Hope this helps,
> Mike
> --- Peter Berrevoets <pjberr at home.com> wrote:
> >
> > Have replaced the bomb and a whole bunch of other
> > bits on my beast and have
> > two problems;
> >
> > 1) Brake warning light is on constantly (This
> > instigated a bunch of the
> > repairs)
> >
> > 2) Just prior to stopping it appears that the ABS
> > attempts to control the
> > braking - a most annoying noise and fade result. I
> > had initially thought
> > that this might be the hydraulic booster, but now
> > I'm not so sure. With the
> > ABS switched off, the problem is gone.
> >
> > Now, I personally am not fond of the ABS for
> > performance driving, but it has
> > been useful on ... ... hmmm ... ?! ... oh heck!! I
> > think I just need to make
> > it work!
> >
> > Does anybody have an idea as to what might be the
> > problem? There is a ready
> > supply of ABS conrol pumps in local yards, but I
> > don't want to swap it out,
> > if it isn't the problem.
> >
> > Looking for some ideas.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Peter Berrevoets
> > 1990 200TQ
> > Toronto, Canada
> > http://frontpage.home.net/pjberr/
> >
> >
>
>
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