Re: V8 shudder...

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

On Mon, 27 May 1996, Mark Hogan wrote:

>when I have the steering whell
> almost to full lock and the car is moving (say into a parking space) the
> front end shudders.  It feels similar to my Trooper when the diffs are
> locked.  Also, the ABS off light has been kicking on (as well as the ABS),
> not only when parking, but also at speed.

most likely a bad or misaligned ABS speed sensor.  the v8 uses the ABS
sensors to detect slip and lock the center diff.  the fact that it's
noticeable at extreme steering lock further reinforces the theory.


eliot