RE: e-brake and abs question

From: Chad Evans (hemidak@msn.com)
Date: Mon Sep 06 2004 - 13:26:03 EDT


if i remember correctly the abs sensor is located inside the rear
differential.
Is your parking brake lever loose to where it sags down enough to trigger
the light ?

>From: "Montie Roland" <montie@montie.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: DML: e-brake and abs question
>Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 11:55:34 -0400
>
>
>Morning All,
>
>Symptoms:
>
>- e-brake light stays on continually
>- abs light stays on
>- I don't think the rear ABS is working (after a panic stop the other day)
>- my speedo doesn't work below 15-20 mph
>
>Actions:
>
>- I crawled underneath the truck and identified what I think is the ABS /
>e-brake sensor sitting beside the rear brake proportioning valve on top of
>the rear diff pumpkin.
>
>Questions:
>
>1) is that the abs/ebrake sensor (sitting on top of the pumpkin)?
>2) how do I get the sensor out to replace it? I unscrewed a 1/2 inch bolt
>(sitting on top of the bracket that covers the sensor) but that didn't
>release the bracket.
>3) it looks like the sensor I'm looking at screws down into the diff
>pumpkin. Is that what is actually occurring?
>
>Thanks,
>Montie
>
>



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