2012 F250, ABS delete question
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From: Sandy Eggo
2012 F250, ABS delete question
I've got a customer interested in doing some major modifications to his F250. the ABS sensors in the front will go bye bye if he pulls the trigger, does anyone know what is tied into this front sensors aside from ABS (duh), traction control etc?
i'm assuming at the very least it will cause a constant ABS dash light, but the VSS in the rear will still read axle speed.
Thanks in advance!
i'm assuming at the very least it will cause a constant ABS dash light, but the VSS in the rear will still read axle speed.
Thanks in advance!
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I doubt it will work on a 2012 but when I did the soild axle swap on my bronco you could connect the wires from the left and right side and it would turn the light off. You could take bulb out behind the dash I guess what is he trying to do to it?
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portal axles. so the tone rings at each wheel will be gone. we're ok losing the ABS and stuff, but the trans will still need a signal for wheel speed. i'm wondering if 12+ still has a tone ring inside the diff to feed the engine/trans computer.
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You are going to have issues. The earlier trucks used a speed sensor mounted on the rear differential, but from what I understand the 2012 and 2013 trucks deleted this sensor and use the ABS tone rings for a vehicle speed signal. (But please, don't just take mt word for it, my information is second hand and could be bogus).
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dont worry redford...you're not the first nor the least educated person to tell me that. sounds like we might be SOL...the portal company is attemping a similar install next week, guess i'll just have to wait and see? he did mention that the tone rings are different tooth counts front vs rear, which would make it next to impossible to work around it by putting 4x sensors around a common tone ring on the t-case flange (how people used to bypass VSS sensor deletes).
i could see adding 4x wheel speed sensors for better ABS traction control, but the VSS in the diff still seems like the most accurate way to gauge driveshaft, and therefore, transmission speed.
i could see adding 4x wheel speed sensors for better ABS traction control, but the VSS in the diff still seems like the most accurate way to gauge driveshaft, and therefore, transmission speed.
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