A little tip about ABS sensors
Discussion
Our old NG900S was throwing ABS warning lights. I paid the local independent to read the Motronic codes on his Tech II and got a "rear right sensor - no signal".
The rear sensors, unlike the front ones, are built into the rear hub assembly and there fore require a new hub (this is the case on lots of other cars in turned out).
Anyway, I price them up with Saab and the independent - £285
- the internet was little better!
So I went up to my mates garage business (repairs and MoT, no sales) where the car is normally worked on. "Ah!", says he, "we nearly got caught like that with a Vauxhall a week or so back - here's the old one from that..." Shows me a hub with a wire attached...
"The secret is" he says "is to buy a BEARING, not an abs sensor".
"How do you mean?" says I
"Watch this," he replied, and phoned the local bearing company.
"Hi mate - have you got a rear right bearing for a 94 Saab 900?"
"Good, has it got a wire coming out of it?"
"Could you go and look?"
"Good - that's the one - how much? £95? Send it down!"
A huge saving achieved by asking for something in the right terms!
The rear sensors, unlike the front ones, are built into the rear hub assembly and there fore require a new hub (this is the case on lots of other cars in turned out).
Anyway, I price them up with Saab and the independent - £285
- the internet was little better! So I went up to my mates garage business (repairs and MoT, no sales) where the car is normally worked on. "Ah!", says he, "we nearly got caught like that with a Vauxhall a week or so back - here's the old one from that..." Shows me a hub with a wire attached...
"The secret is" he says "is to buy a BEARING, not an abs sensor".
"How do you mean?" says I
"Watch this," he replied, and phoned the local bearing company.
"Hi mate - have you got a rear right bearing for a 94 Saab 900?"
"Good, has it got a wire coming out of it?"
"Could you go and look?"
"Good - that's the one - how much? £95? Send it down!"
A huge saving achieved by asking for something in the right terms!
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