ABS fuse/ABS kicking in all the time

[DominicJeans]

Hi folks

Here is the background.
I had a CV joint go and had to have my car towed to the nearest garage…I sourced a replacement CV joint remotely and had it delivered to the garage, but the ABS ring was ‘wrong ‘ on it, causing the ABS to kick in all the time when the brakes were applied. This is what the mechanic told me. He said the only way to be able to drive the car was to disconnect the ABS, although I am not sure how he did this. Now, under what circumstances would this happen? Will getting a ‘proper‘ CV joint sure this problem? In addition, where is the ABS fuse? I guess he could have just removed it to disconnect the ABS….

Ta
Dom

 

[Tony Hunter]

They/you can change the abs ring. They should have done this in the first place if it was wrong. It needs to be 44 teeth on the ring.

And as for removing the abs fuse!!, what king of garage are they ffs. You are now driving with 50-50 braking, and that is dangerous.

Take it back and get them to change the ring over and put the fuse back in, before you kill yourself.

​They are probably pissed as you sourced the part yourself, and it was wrong. But the should have counted the teeth before fitting.

 

[loggyboy]

All you need is the correct ABS ring, these are press/interference fit so just hammered on.

I got this one for my ph2 172 (44 tooth)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130556053527

 

[loggyboy]

They/you can change the abs ring. They should have done this in the first place if it was wrong. It needs to be 44 teeth on the ring.

And as for removing the abs fuse!!, what king of garage are they ffs. You are now driving with 50-50 braking, and that is dangerous.

Take it back and get them to change the ring over and put the fuse back in, before you kill yourself.

​They are probably pissed as you sourced the part yourself, and it was wrong. But the should have counted the teeth before fitting.

50/50 braking? Having No ABS just means you can lock your wheels of you brake too hard. Its only dangerous if you drive like a twonk. It would also fail an MOT and needs to be sorted, but with the knowledge the ABS is disable its definately not dangerous.

 

[Tony Hunter]

50/50 braking? Having No ABS just means you can lock your wheels of you brake too hard. Its only dangerous if you drive like a twonk. It would also fail an MOT and needs to be sorted, but with the knowledge the ABS is disable its definately not dangerous.

Have you driven a Clio with the ABS fuse taken out?

​I have, and it's dangerous.

 

[loggyboy]

Ive driven one with a failed ABS ring and its worse. ABS when you dont need it is MUCH worse than no ABS when you do.

 

[DominicJeans]

I haven't noticed much difference in braking to be honest but then I only go hooning around infrequently. The ABS has been out of action since December. I am only needing it done for the MOT.

 

[Westyfield2]

ABS is what makes the front/rear balance work on these. If you remove the ABS fuse, you'll suddenly have way too much rear bias.

 

[Tony Hunter]

ABS is what makes the front/rear balance work on these. If you remove the ABS fuse, you'll suddenly have way too much rear bias.

​Thank you.

 

[loggyboy]

I stand corrected, thats an 'interesting' way of doing the bias. Still if he's been driving on it for over 5 months it cant be 'that' bad.

 

[scotty2hotty81]

If your brakes don't work as they should, don't drive the car, not hard.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Under normal steady braking, you would hardly notice. But in an emergency stop or similar, it would be very nasty indeed, the back just locks up.

 

[DominicJeans]

I guess i should get it fixed now anyway before Sod's law kicks in..... It's in the garage having its MOT done as we speak. Let's see what other nasty surprises crop up.