Anyone changed the abs sensor, any problems?

drakesdad · Jan 7, 2006

When we put my 373's in I broke the abs sensor. I purchased one the next day but havn't had the time to put it in, I think I'll do it tonight. Anyone run into any problems or have any helpful tips?
Thanks,
Will

94gts · Jan 7, 2006

i broke my rears over a year ago and havnt done them yet

i think you should coat them in some anti seize so they actually come out the next time they need to w/o breaking.

MysteryMachine · Jan 7, 2006

i did 1 in the front and haven't had any issues

95riosnake · Jan 7, 2006

I replaced both rears when I did the gear swap (they snapped off when I tried to remove them so the axles could slide out). Besides the sensors themselves being somewhat expensive, the install is easy. One bolt holds the sensor to the axle, then a wiring harness goes up through a rubber grommet through the floorboard, then to a plug connector under the back seat. The new sensors come with the wiring harness so all you need to do is unbolt and unplug the old ones and put in the new ones. Good luck

MysteryMachine · Jan 7, 2006

I found out its better to just smack them with a hammer then try and go easy on them. Like i said i just did the one front one cause the other one i just wacked it and it came out. Not sure it the rears are installed different though.

Kevin R. · Jan 8, 2006

I think that people should know the trick we did when we put in the gears.

Since the sensor would not come out, we just used a dremel to put a notch on the inside of the axel so we could get that extra 1/8" of clearance. Didn't harm anything and the sensor stayed in.

GRGT1994 · Jan 8, 2006

Kevin R. said:
I think that people should know the trick we did when we put in the gears.

Since the sensor would not come out, we just used a dremel to put a notch on the inside of the axel so we could get that extra 1/8" of clearance. Didn't harm anything and the sensor stayed in.

Would that put the axels out of balance? Notice any vibrations since?

BTW, when I installed the new ones, I think the hardest part was threading that rubber grommet up into the body opening (you gotta pull your rear seat bottom). But even that was easy.

I did dremel out the inside of the opening that the ABS sensor fits through. It corrodes, and that is what locks the sensor in, and causes breaking. And hoping to at least delay the return of corrosion, I coated that cleaned surface with antiseize.

White94GT · Jul 12, 2007

My rear anti lock brake sensor just broke on my car also, and you need a female torx bit to remove the sensor. Does anyone happen to know what size I will need because I don't have any female torx bits and don't feel like buying an entire set of them, so please let me know if you happen to know what size is needed to change this.

The Green GT · Jul 12, 2007

White94GT said:
My rear anti lock brake sensor just broke on my car also, and you need a female torx bit to remove the sensor. Does anyone happen to know what size I will need because I don't have any female torx bits and don't feel like buying an entire set of them, so please let me know if you happen to know what size is needed to change this.

A small socket fit on mine.

turbogt · Jul 12, 2007

94gts said:
i broke my rears over a year ago and havnt done them yet

i think you should coat them in some anti seize so they actually come out the next time they need to w/o breaking.

same here.. haven't replaced them yet, either

GTA_V6_Mustang · Jul 12, 2007

My front sensors went haywire after I did my balljoints but still havent replaced them because they are so expensive.

drakesdad · Jul 12, 2007

dzam.....this has been some time ago....I didn't think it was that long ago we did the gear swap.........I don't remember the size but I know it was a standard socket for mine....no torx head....

The Green GT · Jul 12, 2007

drakesdad said:
dzam.....this has been some time ago....I didn't think it was that long ago we did the gear swap.........I don't remember the size but I know it was a standard socket for mine....no torx head....

I think it was like a 4 MM

Engel · Jul 13, 2007

how do you know if frontand back abs are working? I feel it working on the front

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