Re: O.T. Anti Lock Brakes on GMC

Posted by jdemaris on January 28, 2005 at 13:08:25 from (209.23.28.82):

In Reply to: Re: O.T. Anti Lock Brakes on GMC posted by Les...fortunate on January 28, 2005 at 05:16:10:

I diabled mine, I can't stand anti-lock brakes. I first tried pulling the ABS fuse - but - then the automatic transmission would not shift out of first gear. I'm not sure I even want to know why. I put the fuse back and pulled the harness connector off the ABS control box - now all is fine (except the ABS warning light is on all the time).
I've had several vehicles that had problems with the ABS going off that cleaning would not fix. A little bit of play in the wheel bearings can cause a false signal, probably some other things also.
I wound NOT unhook them on a vehicle a younger person is driving. Too much of a learning curve involved. My youngest daughter, just turned 21, has never driven a car without ABS or fuel injection. She wanted to borrow my 85 Subaru 4WD one day this winter, but I decided it was a bad idea. No ABS, carbureted, manual four wheel drive instead of full-time AWD, etc. Stuff older people take for granted - like hitting the gas pedal to activate the choke, or pumping the brakes, or letting off the brakes in slippery conditions - seems easy if you've done it all your life - but I guess at this point with the younger drivers - why bother? It's a little confusing.

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