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Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
Mine used to this, no idea why.
Hi,
First of all any help is greatly appreciated, even if you just tell me the name of what I think I'm looking at and what it does - I have no mechanical knowledge and don't fancy getting mugged by the garage.
I have a 2001 Renault clio 1.2 Dynamique - 53,000 miles, no service history.
Driving to work this morning and I heard 'something go' while driving down a straight piece of road, not under braking. I looked down at my dash and my service light had come on as well as my ABS light, but not the stop light.
The brakes still work fine under normal braking, however under heavy braking the ABS does not kick in and I lock up the fronts.
Under inspection when I got home I noticed this;
Am I right in thinking that something is missing from the front right? I'm guessing this has something to do with the ABS sensor/or ABS system?
If anyone can inform as to what this thing does / what its called / the price of a replacement / is it a job I could undertake myself and if not how many man hours will it take the garage and how much would they charge?
Thanks in advance,
Tom
First of all any help is greatly appreciated, even if you just tell me the name of what I think I'm looking at and what it does - I have no mechanical knowledge and don't fancy getting mugged by the garage.
I have a 2001 Renault clio 1.2 Dynamique - 53,000 miles, no service history.
Driving to work this morning and I heard 'something go' while driving down a straight piece of road, not under braking. I looked down at my dash and my service light had come on as well as my ABS light, but not the stop light.
The brakes still work fine under normal braking, however under heavy braking the ABS does not kick in and I lock up the fronts.
Under inspection when I got home I noticed this;
Am I right in thinking that something is missing from the front right? I'm guessing this has something to do with the ABS sensor/or ABS system?
If anyone can inform as to what this thing does / what its called / the price of a replacement / is it a job I could undertake myself and if not how many man hours will it take the garage and how much would they charge?
Thanks in advance,
Tom
e92 + E46 M3 + Cup
First port of call, check the fuse! that will bring the light up on the dash
Will go and test that now, but there was a definate sound of something happening under the car.
PMSL - have a feel mate, it should feel like the left one. They come like that as standard (obviously) anyway so god knows why yours doesnt (if it doesn't)!
No, I'm saying it's supposed to have teeth! Just wondering why the light has only just decided to come on.
Checked the other side, its the same all the way round - toothless.
I don't see how mate... they just look rusted to feck! Maybe that's what's caused it.
RARE Unmolested Corsa sxi
I wont pass an MOT with the ABS light on. I'm not too sure if you can just replace the toothed ring or if a whole driveshaft is needed.
my abs light was on for roughly 9months, didnt affect my breaking atall luckily. but it was the ABS sensor which i though it was as i kinda tried to remove it when gettin the hub off ..
try and get a mate that works in a garage if you can to hook it up and find which side it is, will be cheaper when you kno which side it is..
try and get a mate that works in a garage if you can to hook it up and find which side it is, will be cheaper when you kno which side it is..
Clio
Yep the Reluctor ring has gone. Rusted off by the looks of it. It's really not worth trying to find one as a replacement as there not that easy come by and I'd near place money on the fact that Renault will look for you to buy a whole new CV joint. You could get one of these from a motor factors and replace it but this is really hard to replace. By far the cheapest option is to get a whole "new" driveshaft from a scrapy. For a garage to replace this should take no longer than 20 mins. Had it been the passenger side you'd of had to get gearbox fluid as the driveshaft seals the box. The only problem you could come across is if the ring breaking off has damaged the sensor. Its up to you should you take the "cross that bridge when you come to it" or get a refundable sensor from somewhere to be on the safe side.
