Abs And Roll Bar

[Stewart Milton]

98 Galaxy 2.3 GLX... usual problem, ABS light on. Done a search, read the posts.

 

Front end checks out OK, both sensors ring through at about 1kV, both CV rings seem OK.

 

Rear end? I can't find/get to the plugs on the sensors, so can't check them. Drove it into town this morning, in the hope of getting someone to check it out for me but the Fraud dealer wants

[insider]

Rear end? I can't find/get to the plugs on the sensors, so can't check them.

Should be easily accessible if you remove the rear wheel. It should be on the front just behind the disc shield.

 

 

Second thing... digging under the back end I noticed a crack in the anti-roll bar... longitudinally along the bar about 30-40mm from the offside end. Is this usual? I assume the cure is replace the bar... but how urgently should I be treating it?

Any fault in suspension is potentially serious. When was the last MOT? If it wasn't noticed then it must have developed since. If it's developed that quickly then how soon before it fails?

On the bright side, a new bar is easy to fit - six bolts off and the new one back on again (make sure you renew the bushes too).

[Stewart Milton]

"Should be easily accessible if you remove the rear wheel. It should be on the front just behind the disc shield."

 

 

 

Nope... wheel was off... cables leave the sensors, run along the suspension wishbones and disappear up into the high centre of the floorpan... no obvious connector in the visible bit, and I don't like crawling deep underneath when it's on a jack...

 

Car in with friendly local garage today... hopefully they'll sort it.

 

MOT was in January, although I guess that bit of the bar isn't visible unless you take the wheel off.

[insider]

Nope... wheel was off... cables leave the sensors, run along the suspension wishbones and disappear up into the high centre of the floorpan... no obvious connector in the visible bit

 

, and I don't like crawling deep underneath when it's on a jack...

There should be a connector just before it goes into the body.

 

I agree, use axle stands and the jack and ensure that the car is on a flat, solid surface.

 

MOT was in January, although I guess that bit of the bar isn't visible unless you take the wheel off.

I'm sure a good MOT inspector would have found it.

[Stewart Milton]

Just had a call from the garage... left rear sensor gone... and he'll have a look at the roll bar. He is my MOT inspector!