[s-cars] ABS Sensor - front axle

[Manuel Sanchez]

Fellow S-heads,

I am re-installing the front ABS Sensors and the instructions say to  
push it in as far as it will go. When I do this when the splined axle  
is not inserted into the hub, I can't get the axle to insert properly  
because it is interfering with the toothed ring that it using to read  
slippage (i.e its pushed in too far). If I install the axle first,  
then insert the ABS sensor as far as it will go (i.e. makes contact  
with the toothed ring) then there seems to be about 1/8 of an inch or  
so of a gap between the "end" of the abs sensor and the hole in the  
strut housing into which I am inserting it (in other words, it looks  
like I should be able to push it in more).

I did not remove the ABS sensors when I shipped the uprights for  
service, as I had many posts of how they break easily, so I had just  
disconnected them inside the engine compartment and sent them in- 
place on the strut housing upright. When I got the strut uprights  
back the shop had removed the Sensors from the housing.

Is there supposed to be some sort of spacer or washer between the  
"end" of the ABS sensor and the Strut Housing Upright?

Do I just push it in as far as it will go (i.e. it makes contact with  
the toothed ring) and just let the toothed  ring wear a new groove  
into the tip of the ABS sensor?

Thanks.

Manny

95.5 ur S6 Avant (almost done with front suspension work)