[s-cars] ABS Sensor - front axle

[Manuel Sanchez]

Peter,

Did your sleeve have an "end" to it that would stop the sensor from  
touching the toothed wheel?

I did apply a thin film of grease on the sensor. Lubrication is the  
key to many things in life.

Regards,

Manny
On Oct 4, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Peter Schulz wrote:

> I've been able in many cases to re use old sleeves.
> Its important to lubricate the sleeve with some grease before you  
> install it.
>
> You definitely DON'T want to wear a groove into the sensor - its  
> just a thin metal cover over the hall sensor.
>
> -Peter
>
> On Oct 4, 2010, at 9:02 AM, John Cody Forbes wrote:
>
>> I'm not positive this applies to the S-cars, but if it's like  
>> other Audi models of the era you missed a step. The sleeve that  
>> holds the sensor must be replaced every time as they stick out  
>> beyond the end of the sensor. When you "insert until it stops" the  
>> stoping point is the sensor sleeve which holds the sensor the  
>> correct distance from the axle and then wears away during driving.
>>
>> What I know for certain is that you do NOT want the tip of the  
>> sensor touching and wearing.
>>
>> -Cody (mobile)
>>
>> On Oct 4, 2010, at 8:45 AM, Manuel Sanchez  
>> <manuelsanchez at starpower.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 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)
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> -Peter Schulz
> Chelmsford Ma, USA
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>
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