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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
I get what you're saying and understand that it's an easy check, but I wouldn't take that bet.
This'll be interesting. Looking up recipes for crow now. 
edit: Doh! forgot that OP already checked them. Oh well... I guess big picture, yeah. Also, hard experience trumps all. On which platform have you seen it happen? |
Pretty much anything, I'll get cars and trucks that get undesired ABS or track control activation either when coming to a stop, setting off or turning a corner, check 'em out and there's a bit of play in a bearing, a bit of rust on a tone wheel, a bit of rust under a wheel speed sensor pushing it out 1mm.
I remember a damn lexus RX330 that had the right front wheel speed sensor coding for tone wheel performance because it was getting pushed up by rust. Of course the sensor broke in the knuckle, drill it out, roloc the mounting surface, grease it up reaaaaal good and slap a new sensor on it... Now that wheel was fine and not throwing a code, but the entire truck was now getting unwanted abs activation/no codes on the other 3 wheels because they also had a bit of rust under them. FML y'a know right.
These little shits are sensitive. The ol' classic are the older Ford Escapes, rust grows in between the front CV shafts and tone wheel and it cracks, so one tooth has like a .5mm spacing difference, and yes, that's enough to make the abs kick in.
Of course, I say subaru rear bearings suck because it's not abnormal to get an impreza/xv/outback/forester in with 2 destroyed rear wheel bearings, it's not even a surprise anymore.