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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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ABS acting strang

If I back out of my driveway and spin the tires for a lenght of time I get an ABS Light. I then shift into neutral turn off the engine and restart and its fine. It did it today while backing out of the driveway and the other day when I spun the rear wheels from a stop light. It only does it for about 10 minutes arter startup no matter if I am in 4x4 or 2 wheel drive. Lately I also have found out that my drum brakes don't work. These two problems seem to have come at the same time. Any Ideas?
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 07:35 PM
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I would only imagine that ABS on the Rangers would behave alot like the RABS on the 1 ton work trucks in that when the rear brakes are way out of adjustment, the ABS light comes on.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 11:40 PM
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I believe the drum brakes on the back of my ranger are self adjusting. You back up for a distance of like 50 feet or somthing like that and firmly press on the brakes, and they should adjust.
 
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 05:27 PM
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The back brakes are known for not wanting to adjust, you may need to take them apart and clean/lub the adjusters.
 

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Old Jan 30, 2004 | 01:53 AM
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I believe the drum brakes on the back of my ranger are self adjusting. You back up for a distance of like 50 feet or somthing like that and firmly press on the brakes, and they should adjust.
Good advice. In addition, you may want to try this a handful of times; once may not cut it. Stop quickly when doing it.
 
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