Rear axle spacers

[CherryVimto]

I heard one person mention cutting and joining the wire but I don't remember how it worked out.

I tried removing the bend on one of mine and accidentally cut through the cable inside.
I soldered it back together and covered it in heat shrink.
It worked perfectly!

Escort estate rear ABS loom:
Euro car parts: 417590030 (ATE part)
Ford: Finnis 1011582

 

[Glenn_]

Could I not cut a piece of the spacer out for the sensor to fit.

 

[Glenn_]

Well I fitted the rear axle spacers. I thought the abs sensor needed to be modded to fit??



I had to heat the bolts up for the abs sensors. I think I must of damaged the sensors cause the abs light is on now. So im on the hunt for a pair of rear abs sensors.

 

[quest63]

Are those bolts the correct tensile strength bolts?

I cant see it too clearly but those bolts look like they have 8.8 on the top of them

You need 10.9 tensile bolts I believe this is a very important safety issue

Also I'm unsure whether using washers is a good idea I would get advice off someone more knowledgeable than me about this.

What size were your spacers by the way?

 

[Glenn_]

I changed these bolts cause they were 2 short.

 

[Glenn_]

My spacers are 20mm ones. I thought I would end up chopping the abs sensor up to get it to fit but it was a good fit. Its just a shame I must of fooked them with the oxycetaline.

 

[Glenn_]

I drive to work this morning. At first the abs light was on then it went off. The pedal was pumping as if the abs was kicking in then after a while the abs light came back on. Im gonna have a go at trying to reseat the sensors and possibly trim the nsr sensor down.

I know on some abs systems the light will go out then when you start driving the light will come on??

 

[quest63]

check the sensors don't have any dirt or grease on them as well.

I find that when I have disconnected the rear sensors or disconnected the battery the light stays on when I start the car then It goes off as it should after the self test.

If it comes back on again I suppose its picked up a problem after the self test.

 

[Glenn_]

Well like I said the abs light is still on. So rather they arnt sat right or ive caught the wires.

 

[Glenn_]

I fixed my abs fault today on my pooma. It looked to me as if the nsr sensor wasnt sitting right in the hole. So I trimmed a bit of the plastic of the sensor.


it was still I bit of a poor fit so I used a die grinder to trim a bit of the rear beam.

The sensor fits spot on now.

Pics of the car.

 

[sleepingcat]

Looks good! Got me interested in doing this now.
But I've got to realistic got to replace front & rear suspension & tackle some rust before that .

Have you noticed ant change to handling, does car feel more stable at speed?

 

[Glenn_]

I havent given it a good test yet but I will do. I would defo do what ive done to the beam for the sensor to fit. I know some people cut the hard plastic part of the sensor off so the wire will move around easier.