ABS dead
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ABS dead
Hey all, The rear ABS died on my '88 F-350 Diesel, tried replaceing the wire harness fron the frame to the rear diff, no luck, what else can I look for? I need help quick because its winter now and this truck is deadly on the ice without it, the rear brakes lock before the front! I assume there is a brainbox under the dash to controll it, should I be looking that that or the pump first?
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This should get you started.
Originally Posted by HardScrabble
Here is a link to the thread where I fixed my RABS. It has a link to a tutorial on RABS by Raybestos. It also tells how to pull the error codes.
antilock brake light
Here is a link to an article about RABS
Troubleshooting RWAL Systems, Bill Williams, Brake & Front End, September 1999
Here is the link to the tutorial at Raybestos
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES | Kelsey-Hayes RWAL Anti-Lock Brakes
antilock brake light
Here is a link to an article about RABS
Troubleshooting RWAL Systems, Bill Williams, Brake & Front End, September 1999
Here is the link to the tutorial at Raybestos
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES | Kelsey-Hayes RWAL Anti-Lock Brakes
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Hell,my ABS is really off. Back only locks,front doesnt. Then if you apply a little too much pressure,wheel lock. ABS light doesnt comeon. Front doesnt lock either. Just keeps rollin. It's scarry knowing if I gotta stop hard,only my rear wheels will stop me and this is my only car and daily driver.
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the wire harness to the rear diff would not be the cause because the speedo probably would die too. I had a similar problem with my brakes. the back would lock up after being stomped to the floor because brakes would feel as if they were gliding ( while pulsing) then send me into panic braking. found
problem with abs. Here we don't have ice so I disconnected valve harness
that is located inside frame rail under driver side and tested base brake. it was fine so that is all I use. I would recommend starting there I think it is the proportionate valve.
problem with abs. Here we don't have ice so I disconnected valve harness
that is located inside frame rail under driver side and tested base brake. it was fine so that is all I use. I would recommend starting there I think it is the proportionate valve.
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Originally Posted by Cruiseomatic
Hell,my ABS is really off. Back only locks,front doesnt. Then if you apply a little too much pressure,wheel lock. ABS light doesnt comeon. Front doesnt lock either. Just keeps rollin. It's scarry knowing if I gotta stop hard,only my rear wheels will stop me and this is my only car and daily driver.
You should have a red brake warning light and a yellow ABS warning light.
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Correctling previous statement:
My E-Brake warning light comes on when I try to crank it,but on the "On" position,Its off. And ABS light lights up on Ignition "On" Position,then shut off as I go to crank.
My E-Brake warning light comes on when I try to crank it,but on the "On" position,Its off. And ABS light lights up on Ignition "On" Position,then shut off as I go to crank.
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From: Prince George, B.C.
I checked into my ABS Wiring and found that the wires are bad between the controller and the firewall, I checked all the wiring, the valves etc. and all seems fine, the only place I get nothing is the plug right at the controller so my guess is it is between the firewall and the controller. Oh, the controller is fine, I hooked it up in another truck and all was well.