Hi all
Changed a front wheel bearing on a 2.0 DTI vectra , the new wheel bearing has a different style connector for the ABS wire.
Would I be best cutting the two ends and joining the two wires ? as this has given me an abs and TCS light.
Regards.
No don't join the two wires.
The car will be looking for a signal from the abs sensor, basically pulsing on/off to record speed of rotation and using it for ABS/traction control etc. If you join the two wires to each other there'll be no signals and it will give an error/warning lights.
You would probably get away with cutting the end off the wires, putting spade connectors on and connecting them onto the new connector on your new bearing. Will more than likely be ok and put lights out on the dash.
If it doesn't, swap the two spade connectors round incase you've mixed them up.
If it still doesn't work then you'll have to just buy the correct one and re do the job.
Note that you'll have to drive about a little for the ABS signal to start functioning and the car to record that all is ok and put out the warning lights.
May also need to be started/stopped a few times.
Good luck
I'm pretty sure that's what he was suggesting by saying connect the two wires - i.e. bypass the plugs.
It's the internet, it's hard to know what anybody means unless they spell it out.. you know what I mean?
Sort of. Mind you 'cutting two ends' was clear enough for me to be honest
I read it as joining the two wires like you would with a breakpad wear sensor to make a full circuit and fool it?.. Especially when cutting the two ends off leaves 4 wires and not 2 (2 wires car, 2 wires sensor), but hey ho
He can connect them and try, then switch them if it doesn't work and curse a little
Cutting two ends off will leave two wires, not four. It's a pulse signal along a single cable. The pad wear indicators are a breaker loop.
Not an expert by any stretch tho so I stand to be corrected!
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In/out, positive negative, whichever.
Seems to be available in either a black or grey connector for Vectra/93/signum.
Although in fairness, he'd only have to cut the car side and put spades on, the sensor side can stay as is.
I'm no expert either, but he asked for advice and I gave some
And if one way doesn't work give it the old switcheroo to the other way round lol