So when you are stopped, the brakes release again? Hmmm.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
To: "Robert Duquette" <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Please define idiot...
>I also have problems with the idea that it won't work below 8 to 15 mph.
> This is certainly not true on our Chevy PU. I live on a hill with brick
> streets. There is a stop sign at the bottom of the hill. Very often when
> it
> snows, one has to be very careful driving down the hill to the stop sign.
> We
> coast the truck very slowly down this hill on icy roads (less than 5 mph
> indicated). When the brakes are applied the ABS kicks in and continues
> until
> the vehicle stops. You can feel it!
>
> I don't know how ABS is done on cars and trucks, but I have overhauled the
> ABS on my BMW motorcycle and know that as long as the wheel is moving at
> all, the tiny teeth on the ABS wheel are sensed by the ABS sensor and the
> system is active. This can happen at less than one MPH!
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Feb 8, 2008 3:17 PM, Robert Duquette <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> This just in. As I was backing into my driveway, I recalled this
>> conversation, so I sped up a touch and hit the brakes hard. So ... ABS
>> kicked in in reverse. ( 2001 Subaru Outback VDC )
>>
>> Robert D.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Guy R Day [mailto:grday@btinternet.com]
>> Sent: December 30, 2007 3:37 PM
>> To: Larry Macy; Robert Duquette
>> Cc: 'Spridgets'
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Please define idiot...
>>
>> Back to ABS - won't work on most cars below a speed around 8 -15mph
>> (different levels preset by different manufacturers) and to the best of
>> my
>> knowledge it won't work with the wheels going round backwards. I CANNOT
>> be
>> 100 per cent sure about the latter for all cars but I'll give my
>> technical
>> guys a call and find out for my own interest. The last time I was
>> playing
>> out with a modern ABS equipped car and driving backwards (above 25mph) it
>> didn't work in a Range Rover, a BMW or a Vauxhall.
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