How to disconnect ABS?
 

How do you disconnect the ABS, I just put on bigger tires and the ABS comes on enevry time i am almost stopped, the pedal goes hard then ABS kick in. I just put my truck through a 7-11 front window because of this :-( please help

Thanks

RE: How to disconnect ABS?
 

i dont think you need to disconnect the ABS. Just get the speed sensors re-calibrated for the bigger tires

RE: How to disconnect ABS?
 

What size tires did you put on, and what brand? Bigger tires shouldn't trip the ABS. If your tires are different sizes that can wack out the system, if one tire is a little small for some reason. Or, the sensor could have gotten messed up somehow when the tires were changed.

RE: How to disconnect ABS?
 

i put on 265\75\16, the original tire size is 245\75\16

RE: How to disconnect ABS?
 

This my help. Seen many.

Condition Some customers may comment on ABS activation at low speeds, usually below 8 km/h (5 mph).
Cause The cause of this condition may be an increased air gap between the wheel speed sensor and the hub reluctor ring due to rust and debris built up on the sensor mounting surface. Correction Clean wheel speed sensor mounting surfaces.

RE: How to disconnect ABS?
 

I would try cleaning the sensors. I have 285/75R16 on my truck with no problmes.

On a side note, the bigger tires made my speedo read dead on. Most speedo's read a little high from the factory. After I went with bigger tires my speedo matches my gps exactly.

RE: How to disconnect ABS?
 

If cleaning the ABS sensor doesn't help, then check the hubs. This same thing happened to me about 5 months ago. That would be my advice.

To disconnect the ABS, take the master fuse out of the under hood fuse box. Then take the dash light for the ABS out of the instroment cluster. That would completely get rid of your ABS.

Have fun with your truck without the ABS. I know I did!

RE: How to disconnect ABS?
 

https://www.truckforums.com/recalls-...341/Recall.htm

RE: How to disconnect ABS?
 

I got new one they had a recall on the 2000's. I'm not sure what other years had a recall

RE: How to disconnect ABS?
 

Recall is 1999-2002. Service bulletin is for 1999-2006. So I guess thy only covered the 99-02 under the recall only

How can I clean/replace the ABS sensors? Where are they located? Are they hard to find?

yeah I highly doubt it's your tires. Has to be an ABS system malfunction. The only time an ABS system kicks in, is when one of the sensors detects one wheel is slowing down faster than the rest of them. For example, if your foot is on the brakes, and a single tire slides in water or ice, the abs kicks in to let hydraulic pressure out of that wheel's brake line. This would, in theory, keep the tire from sliding, and help keep the vehicle under control.

Your tires aren't the issue if your ABS is coming on when it isn't supposed to, and you aren't sliding.

The wheel speed sensors are in the wheel bearing. They are easy to replace, but they are expensive. You'll spend about $100 for just the sensor, while a new wheel bearing is about $140 and comes with a new sensor in it.