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Old 31 May 2004, 08:36 pm
motsco_ _
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Default Re: ___ Do ABS sensors get rusted in place, OR WHAT ! ! !

motsco_ _ wrote:
> Rex B wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 30 May 2004 23:33:16 -0600, "motsco_ _" <"motsco_
>> _"@interbaun.com>
>> wrote:
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>> ||Big mistake I made . .
>> ||
>> ||Thought I'd slip one of my rear ABS sensors out of a '95 Odyssey.
>> Two ||bolts, clean and inspect, put back in and check the clearance.
>> Not so. ||Broke the steel plate off, sensor still wouldn't come out.
>> Couldn't even ||get the 'remains' out with a chisel and sledge hammer.
>> Too bad it wasn't ||mounted in a couple of O-rings instead of fitting
>> 'snug'. The rust had ||locked it in there permanently. I finally
>> destroyed it one whack at a ||time (without sacrificing the tone ring)
>> and now I'm shopping for a new ||sensor. Some things mortals should
>> never mess with.
>>
>> If it was that corroded, it was probably near failure.
>>
>> Texas Parts Guy

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> __________________
>
> Not really. . . the part that gets stuck is all made of plastic, the
> shape of a cylinder, but it passed thru a tubular hole in the rear
> knuckle, where the rust surrounds it, locking it in place after a few
> salty years :-(
>
> P.S. Anybody in North america got a rear-right or rear-left (((Turns out a rear-left can be made to work too)))ABS sensor for a gen 1
> Odyssey? Remove the underscores to reply if you do...
>
> 'curly'
>



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