Rear wheel sensor, no grease.
Rear wheel sensor, no grease.
So I replaced the rear left speed/abs sensor and the three amigos came back almost immediately.
The hub seemed to not have grease inside of it or at least none that I could see. From the threads I have read the grease helps the sensor get an accurate reading.
Do I remove the hub and regrease, remove both hubs and remove the inner seal and run gear oil?
The only sensor that is acting up is the rear left, I'll remove the rear right tomorrow to check the status tomorrow.
The hub seemed to not have grease inside of it or at least none that I could see. From the threads I have read the grease helps the sensor get an accurate reading.
Do I remove the hub and regrease, remove both hubs and remove the inner seal and run gear oil?
The only sensor that is acting up is the rear left, I'll remove the rear right tomorrow to check the status tomorrow.
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Grease on the sensor?
wifes' tale.
Wheel bearings need to be greased.
And the wheel bearing needs to be properly tight.
The sensor need to be near the toothed pattern to pick up a signal.
Too far - and it flakes out.
wifes' tale.
Wheel bearings need to be greased.
And the wheel bearing needs to be properly tight.
The sensor need to be near the toothed pattern to pick up a signal.
Too far - and it flakes out.
I had a spare hub kicking around so I gave this a try. I pulled the end off my grease gun and just pressed the fitting against the o-ring in the sensor hole. Pumped it full of grease while rotating the hub. It took the grease fine and pushed a little bit of the old grease out around the circumference of the seal. I did this to both my rear hubs as one had been leaking a tiny bit of diff oil and had started to make a little noise when turning. There was no play that I could detect in the hub and now with the addition of the grease I have no more noise.
Seems like a viable method to prolong hub life especially if diff oil had been making it's way past the seal and diluting the grease.
Seems like a viable method to prolong hub life especially if diff oil had been making it's way past the seal and diluting the grease.
R/L is the issue. i was going to try and put grease in via the sensor area.
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I have put grease in one, that way. used a long needle and pushed it in the teeth. I also have one hub that came with gear oil in it, not grease....dunno what the deal is with that. have you tried to swap that sensor with another? I have a sensor you can splice in, if you need it.
lemme know. I am headed north tomorrow and thursday. mckinney
lemme know. I am headed north tomorrow and thursday. mckinney
Last edited by dusty1; Apr 29, 2014 at 01:43 PM.
I have put grease in one, that way. used a long needle and pushed it in the teeth. I also have one hub that came with gear oil in it, not grease....dunno what the deal is with that. have you tried to swap that sensor with another? I have a sensor you can splice in, if you need it.
lemme know. I am headed north tomorrow and thursday. mckinney
lemme know. I am headed north tomorrow and thursday. mckinney
i am sure the hub is bad now. the new sensor is either a smidgen too short or its too accurate as the lights come on faster than the original sensor.
after packing it with grease the old sensor on a straight road does fine, then when there is a bump the three amigos show up.
i guess new hub for me, weird thing is there is no movement of the hub by the wheel or any sounds. i guess i just caught it in time.
after packing it with grease the old sensor on a straight road does fine, then when there is a bump the three amigos show up.
i guess new hub for me, weird thing is there is no movement of the hub by the wheel or any sounds. i guess i just caught it in time.
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