[Spridgets] No LBC-anti-lock brakes

[Guy R Day]

Just a couple of things,
If the surface was salty or gritty and preventing a good grip at the tyre - 
road interface the ABS should work.  However, at 10mph the ABS should be 
around the lower threshold where they stop working by design and you get 
full braking.
If the tyres do have a really hard compound they will slip easier than ones 
with a softer compound.
You can have theoretical situations where the ABS will kick in before it 
should but the usual reason is the driver going a tad faster than he thinks 
and is pressing the brakes a little harder.  Check the sensors on the front 
hubs and make sure they are OK.

All the best,
Guy R Day

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Groundwater" <dwgwater at hotmail.com>
To: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:31 PM
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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