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Diagnosing brake sensor issue


evandostert

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By using a stethoscope or the old screw driver trick with the truck in the air safely and in drive, wheel off. I had the same issue and thats how mine was diagnosed. Leave the center cap axle nut on while doing this so you dont get wacked by the wheel studs.

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To diagnosis which one is bad. A good wheel speed sensor will typically produce an AC voltage reading of 50 to 700 mV when the wheel is turning one revolution per second. Hook a volt meter set on AC to the sensor end of the connector. Spin the tire and measure the voltage. Lower than 50mV is your bad sensor.

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I use a scan tool. I carefully watch the wheel speeds. I look for one that consistantly reads slighty differnt than the others. Sometimes it's not consistent and you have to watch for awhile. it's hard to explain but if you watch/ read enough wheel speed data you'll start to see things that tip you off to which one is the problem. Specifically watch the data at the typical mph that the false activation is happening. You should see a slight variation in one of the sensor speeds when the false activation occurrs.... Or just before. Obviously while turning you will have differnt speeds from each wheel but you can sometimes noticed a anomaly while turning as well. Look for a sudden jump or decrease in speed .

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