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t121anf
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PostPosted: 16:06 - 08 Dec 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:

The other is snow. Sometimes the only way to stop is to plough snow up ahead of the wheels and hope you wear through it onto the road surface. Or you need to lock the wheel to instagate a slide when negotiating junctions with piled snow on them. First time I used an ABS equipped vehicle on snow, it scared the shit out of me because the brakes did nothing at all. Still does.


Crashed a car when I was younger in the snow.

Just came over the top of a small hill, traffic in front had stopped, applied the breaks and the car just drove forward.

Poor obs, and something I'm aware of now, but easy to get caught out.
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PostPosted: 16:06 - 08 Dec 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have had the ABS kick on briefly under hard braking, e.g. lights change, usually when it's wet of there's loose gravel on the road. I don't fancy dropping it entirely.
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PostPosted: 18:29 - 12 Dec 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Regardless of whether I just fit OEM pipes or do a custom steel-braided job I'll need to properly bleed the ABS unit. From my research 99% of the cheap scanners (or dongle+app combos) just read engine management stuff. Yes you can reset logged faults but you can't actually ask the engine management to proactively do stuff. Besides, the ABS is a separate unit.

Given Nonna bunged me a few quid I've taken a gamble on an OBD2 tool with an upgrade for ECM, ABS, SRS and TCM. Gotta have me some acronyms! Specifically testing the ABS is mentioned. Now whether Yamaha's idea of ABS test mode conforms to the OBD2 spec I have no idea but worst ways I end up with a very nice OBD2 tool that'll get plenty of use on my cars.
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