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Replaced all brakes and now ABS Kicks in unneccessarily and vibrates car 850 93

posted by  someone claiming to be Jay-P on  Mon Apr 30 18:05 CST 2001 [RELATED]

I replaced the pads on my car and it now I think the ABS kicks in very

unneccessarily and vibrates the whole car even at low speeds ever so often

not all the time .I regret to say these brakes were from pepboys and not OE

parts .Does anyone know if I could return brake pads as they are only week

old and what are the average prices for the front and rear OE brake pads.

if not can I put some stop squeek on my rotors or do I have to machine them

or replace them .I appreciate any suggestion and thanks in advance....

Jay-P







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    Re: Replaced all brakes and now ABS Kicks in unneccessarily and vibrates car 850 93

    posted by  someone claiming to be dave on  Fri May 4 12:31 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    My guess is that it's a brake (or lug not torquing) problem and not an ABS

    problem. Those ABS sensors either work (can tell that the wheel is

    turning) or they don't, and if they don't, a light on your dashboard will

    come on. I don't know if your ABS will notice if a single tooth is missing

    from a wheel hub or not, though...

    The concensus on turning rotors on 850s is DO NOT DO IT

    > Does anyone know if I could return brake pads as they are only

    > week old

    Pep Boys probably does.

    - Dave; '95 854T, 111K mi







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      Re: Replaced all brakes and now ABS Kicks in unneccessarily and vibrates car 850 93

      posted by  someone claiming to be Jay-P on  Fri May 4 21:24 CST 2001 [RELATED]

      Ill try and get my mechanic to check that out,

      thanx for the info...

      Jay-P







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    Re: Replaced all brakes and now ABS Kicks in unneccessarily and vibrates car 850 93

    posted by  someone claiming to be Matt W on  Tue May 1 11:08 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    You need to clean the wheel abs sensors.







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      Re: Replaced all brakes and now ABS Kicks in unneccessarily and vibrates car 850 93

      posted by  someone claiming to be Jay-P on  Tue May 1 19:34 CST 2001 [RELATED]

      Hi matt

      thanx for the info!What you say makes total sense and

      I was wondering if you can give me an idea of how to clean the abs sensors,

      and how to locate them.

      Your input is very appreciated.

      Thanx

      Jay-P







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        Re: Replaced all brakes and now ABS Kicks in unneccessarily and vibrates car 850 93

        posted by  someone claiming to be Matt W on  Wed May 2 09:15 CST 2001 [RELATED]

        I have not cleaned the sensors myself, but if you remove the wheel you should be able to spot a wire around the rotor. Follow that to the sensor. At one point my abs pump started going off randomly and I was told by the dealer that the rear sensors were bad. But it might be as simple as cleaning them.







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          Re: Replaced all brakes and now ABS Kicks in unneccessarily and vibrates car 850 93

          posted by  someone claiming to be Jay-P on  Fri May 4 21:19 CST 2001 [RELATED]

          That helps Matt.Ive tried brake cleaner on the sensor area where i traced it and that helped it.

          I appreciate it.

          thanx

          Jay-P







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    Re: Replaced all brakes and now ABS Kicks in unneccessarily and vibrates car 850 93

    posted by  someone claiming to be john on  Tue May 1 02:51 CST 2001 [RELATED]

    In my opinion, you should always turn the front rotors because for one thing, volvo's are hard on brakes plus the front brakes do 70% of your braking. You could have warped rotors or the old pads may have wore into the rotor slightly as mine did. See if there is a ridge on the outer part of your rotors in front.







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      Re: Replaced all brakes and now ABS Kicks in unneccessarily and vibrates car 850 93

      posted by  someone claiming to be Jay-P on  Fri May 4 21:16 CST 2001 [RELATED]

      Thanks for the info John

      I checked the discs and they dont look bad

      and my mechanic said they were OK as well

      I appreciate it!!!

      Jay-P






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