[Spridgets] No LBC-anti-lock brakes

ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net ryan.kubanoff at comcast.net
Mon Jan 11 16:35:34 MST 2010


when were you brakes and rotors checked last? 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Groundwater" <dwgwater at hotmail.com> 
To: spridgets at autox.team.net 
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 5:31:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [Spridgets] No LBC-anti-lock brakes 

i'm wondering if anyone has any insight on anti-lock brakes on my 2003 Honda 
Accord. The ABS seems to be kicking in far more than it ever did before and 
as a result I'm getting really long stopping distances when I need to get hard 
into the brakes. I put on a set of BF Goodrich-Costco tires about 2 years/16K 
miles ago and I've been blaming what seems to be a lack of traction in the 
last few months on cheap tires. (I mostly drive this car to the train 
station.) But the other day, I was in a parking lot, dry salty pavement 
(Chicago) at about 10 mph when somebody pulled out in front of me. I jumped on 
the brakes, the ABS kicked in and it stopped, eventually. 



THese tires have plenty of tread, and even with what is probably a really hard 
rubber compound, I was really surprised that I was anywhere near lockup. 
Putting it another way, the seat of my pants tells me I'm not getting very 
many G's of negative acceleration before the ABS kicks in, and I'm wondering 
if there's more to it than just the tires. 



There's no ABS failure light, but I'm wondering if the ABS can go out of 
adjustment or something to make it more sensitive than it should be. I 
thought the systems sensed lockup and eased off/released the hydraulic 
pressure to let the wheel rotate again. Is there more to it than that? 





Anybody have any experience with something like this or have any words of 
wisdom I can drop on the dealer when I take it in? 

Dave 

'70 Midget 

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