A big screw up...

[Kwhistle]

Or maybe not so big... been trying to fix one thing, broke another -- my 200000K+ 98OBW had old crappy rotors withiout bolt holes in them. So as I was trying to get the old rotor off, the ABC sensor ring broke. :mad:

 

Still need to replace a broken wheel stud that seems firmly seized in place. Guess I'll need a bigger hammer, or a double-c-clamp? In the meantime, I'm thinking of how to handle the damn ABC ring.

 

I understand that by the book I'm supposed to take out the hub, which will be a huge hussle. Read elsewhere that you could try and JB Weld it, but I can't imagine it holding up in cold wheather.

 

Has anybody ever tried carefully sawing it into two halves and then just bolting both halves on in the way that would keep the teeth pattern inline? Seems way easier than taking out the hub.

 

Also, where can I buy the damn thing?

[SchwarzeEwigkt]

When I replaced my wheel bearing and hub, I just took the knuckle off and brought the whole kit and caboodle to a shop. They charged me an hour of labor to do it. You could get a new tone wheel and have a shop do that for you.

[idosubaru]

the abs stuff is really simple, it just needs to see a pulse. i would give an attempt at repairing it as you said by just repairing/replacing the tone ring some how on the vehicle. not much to loose at this point. cutting at an appropriate location sounds great, i'd try it. just bolt it back on, i'd try that first. could even tack weld the joints back together for good measure, on the OD of course so as not to mess up the teeth.

 

the JB weld would be a waste of time, good call avoiding that. stuff is cool and helpful but it's not very robust and this wouldn't be a good fit for it.

Edited August 21, 2011 by grossgary