Re: Not sure if my ABS is working

From: jay & dana (jay&dana@telus.net)
Date: Fri Dec 22 2000 - 20:35:52 EST


Aaron

I have a 97 and mine works exactly the same way, even when I am coming to a
slight slow stop, there is a light click, click, click noise, rear ABS only
as well.

HTH
Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: A. S. <adakota4x4@hotmail.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, December 22, 2000 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Not sure if my ABS is working

>Andy,
> My dak's got the rear-only ABS as well. I noticed a faint clicking noise
>when going down the driveway (no gas applied). After a little research, I
>found that this noise is caused by the ABS. Still not sure what the
>clicking is or what it's doing, but it is from the ABS. Maybe this will
>tell you if yours is working. Simply find a flat stretch of road that you
>can idle down (preferrebly a driveway seeing as how there are few streets
>with a speed limit of 2mph). Listen for a clicking sound. It's very hard
>to hear, but I think you should probably hear it. Then again, maybe my
>truck is the only one to do this. Can anyone else confirm this?
>Hope this helps.
>--Aaron--
>95 DSRC 4x4 V6
>www.geocities.com/adakota4x4_95/
>
>
>>From: Andy Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com>
>>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>>To: dakota-truck-moderator@twisted.twistedbits.net
>>Subject: DML: Not sure if my ABS is working
>>Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 23:00:17 -0500
>>
>>I've got the rear-only ABS on my '99, but I'm not convinced it's
>>working. I've messed around with the truck in the snow, intentionally
>>locking up the brakes (or trying). I expect to feel a pulsation in the
>>brake pedal, or hear/feel the brakes pumping, but I'm not feeling
>>anything. Am I not locking up, or is the system that smooth?
>>
>>--
>>-andy
>>
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