On Sun, 7 Dec 1997 12:06:55 EST Cosmicfrog <Cosmicfrog@aol.com> writes:
>In a message dated 97-12-06 19:14:56 EST, you write:
>
><< I don't want to put
> two different sized tires on my truck, I was just wondering why this
>is. Why
> would the ABS brakes screw up if you had a different sized tire on
>the back
>then
> in the front on a 2 wheel ABS system? >>
>
>
>
> It would read one tire slowing down faster than the others. This
>would lead
>it to believe the wheel was slipping and it would try to compensate.
>The
>sensor on a 2 wheel drive unit reads the axle speed. If you had a tire
>with a
>greater circumference on one side, the ABS would think one or the
>other was
>slipping.
>
>I may be totally wrong, but I thought he was referring to larger tires
on the rear axle. I couldn't figure how that would screw up rear wheel
only ABS.
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