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- From: "mike knox" <mike.knox@canrem.com>
- Subject: How anti-lock brakes work (may start an interesting discussion)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.4171.22715@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "mike knox" <mike.knox@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: rec
- Date: 19 Nov 92 20:13:17 EST
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- In Message-ID: <Bxtpzy.ExB@ssesco.com>, nau@ssesco.com (William Nau) writes:
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- WN>Yes and yes. An example is Ford pickups. They have anti-lock brakes on
- WN>the rear drums. I don't know if you can get anti-lock on the front discs.
- WN>It's done on the pickup to keep the rear end from swinging around to the
- WN>front in a panic stop. If any actual cars do this, I don't know.
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- My 1989 GMC S15 Jimmy has the same setup: ABS on the rear drums, nothing
- on the front disks. The newer models (starting in 1991 I think) offered or
- came standard with 4 wheel ABS.
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- My Owner's Manual states that the ABS does not work when in 4WD mode. Anybody
- know why that might be?
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- Also, does anybody know if the late model Jimmys with 4 wheel ABS also cut
- out when in 4 wheel drive mode?
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