Erdoc48
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- Joined
- Jan 25, 2009
- Messages
- 1,450
- Age
- 60
- Location
- Myrtle Beach, SC/ Sometimes Colorado
- Bike
- 94/00/04 STs, FSC600
My 94 was on the road yesterday. Runs fine, but the ABS and TCS lights were flashing like mad, and this continued despite hitting the ABS warning shutoff multiple times. I changed the brakes recently without issue (just the pads) and had bled the system a few months back, also without issue. I’m assuming the brake MC isn’t overfilled as I was reading that if overfilled (and I guess over pressurized) it might screw up the ABS (when I changed the pads and depressed the pistons in the caliper, I had the excess fluid go out via the bleeders (speedbleeders installed and the MC is full with a solid feeling handle pull, and actually very strong braking). I interrogated the system and it seems it’s a code 3, so a front sensor issue…I cleaned the ABS/TCS switches with contact cleaner as recommended by UP, and cleared the codes. My ABS on the bike has always been a little flaky and sometimes would flash rapidly without known cause. Restarting the bike in the past usually helped, at least temporarily. So, here’s the question…if I try to troubleshoot (still have a few tricks like cleaning the contacts at the ECU and the sensor contacts) and cannot fix this on an ongoing basis and assuming the front sensor is defective and they’re not available any longer, is there a way to basically shut off the system, making it a non ABS bike such that I don’t get the flashing lights on the dash panel? I know this might be heresy to want to shut off a safety system, and I really don’t, but the lights when flashing continuously are a distraction, especially if I can’t get to the bottom of the issue.
Any thoughts, and thanks in advance.
Any thoughts, and thanks in advance.