87 5000TQA Anti-Lock Brake Problem

[Ado Sigal]

Normally after working on axles one must clean the ABS sensor(s), and 
readjust them to correct distance from the toothed wheel. This is done 
by installing new plastic cap on the top, which ensures correct 
distance, but it can be done by simply tapping in the ABS sensor(s) 
until it meets the toothed wheel, then secure the sensor. In most cases 
that is all thats needed.

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Stephen Sherman wrote:

>A bit of a long story, but here goes...
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>The anti-lock (AL) brakes have worked fine on my Avant for 10+ years. 
>Recently I had a shop replace a front axle which had a CV joint that was 
>going out. When I picked the car up, the anti-lock brakes were going 
>crazy. Firing off at slow speed stops even when there was no slippage 
>and at higher speeds (20-30mph) it was downright dangerous. Brought the 
>car back, the shop said they'd look at it and drove it until then with 
>the AL turned off, which I had to manually each time I started the car.
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>No doubt the shop will work on it again, no charge. But I think this may 
>require more knowledge than the guys at this place have. So I wanted to 
>ask the AL gurus here what's up?
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>Can anyone give me a quick tutorial on what kind of problems would cause 
>the AL to turn itself off, and what in an axle change might cause those 
>things.
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>TIA
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