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K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
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2008 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

ABS Wheel Sensor Gap?

From the workshop manual.......

Check ................wheel speed sensor for correct air gap.

Anyone know what this should be? Can't find it anywhere......

If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!!

2nd Jun 2013 2:14pm

diesel_jim

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Doesn't mention the depth at all in RAVE either, just says "carefully re-insert the ABS sensor"

Is there a "stop" where it won't go in any further? (or is said stop, the bell of the CV?)

Maybe as far as it'll go then back up 1 or 2mm?

2nd Jun 2013 2:47pm

K9F

Member Since: 12 Nov 2009
Location: Bournemouth
Posts: 9610

Eureka!!!!!

Thanks for the reply.

Answer was staring me in the face all along and I was trying to look too deeply.

The gap should be as small as possible. I've spent all day fart arsing about with the sensors when I should have just tapped them all the way home. I made it difficult by not wanting to remove the wheels, jack it and remove the inner rear dust covers. I also didn't wish to potentially damage the sensors by fitting them all the way home and them catching on the rotating part of the disk.

There is another thread but all my woes started when braking heavily the other day and thereafter my TC coming on periodically at low speeds and gradually getting worse. Had to pull the 30 amp fuse in the end.

I stuck it on the tail end of my old thread from three and a half years ago as it was related....

http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic2394-30.html

Chafed cable it was.....no fault codes as it wasn't seeing an issue. Found it! Fixed it! Am now an extremely happy, chuffed chappy! If not a bit waxoyled up. T-shirt needs the bin I think! Thank you.

Chafed 2" cut out from end of connector portion. You can clearly see the conductors that were shorting to earth through the chassis.

Click image to enlarge If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!!

Last edited by K9F on 2nd Jun 2013 4:06pm. Edited 1 time in total

2nd Jun 2013 2:58pm

diesel_jim

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Happy days, all sorted

2nd Jun 2013 3:47pm

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