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Today is the day I will find this helpful. In the back of my mind, I remembered something about Ford shutting the sensor down when they throw a code. Thank you Eric, you are an amazing and gifted mechanic and teacher.

I am a shade tree guy who works on his own stuff. I thought I was good at working on cars until I watched some of Eric's videos. The difference between myself and a professional is amazing. I learn more with every video.

Your videos are really informative. Trying to watch every video.Thanks for taking time to put them out.

I love that this information will be on KZfaq when someone needs it. Great job explaining the process.

Great tech tip about criscrossing the harness and the sensor connectors! I live in Southern California, so watching the tips on how to remove corroded parts adds to the learning! Keep up the good work!

Another most interesting and informative video. Thank you so much for taking the time to do these. If it ever gets too cold for you up there come on down to SW Florida. No rust down here and I will be your best customer!

Only found you about a week ago, but you're my favorite mechanic to watch now. Also, seeing all those rusty, salty undercarriages reminds me of home haha. I'm from Milford, CT and live in Phoenix now. Phoenix is much friendlier to cars!

Very informative video. Thanks for putting so much time to show the actual diagnosis.

Nice job Eric O. Thanks for being so informative.

For me (and I think not only for me) you are Eric Top of the Top car specialist on YT. I learn sooooo much from your videos, which are also entertaining :) Great, great work!

Good tips on what to expect during a function test. Really good information on how to get the old sensor out.... in pieces. It could take someone hours, not knowing that you have to get brutal with it due to corrosion where you can't see it. Real world stuff!

I have cleaned a couple of speed sensors and they started working again. Not all of them go completely dead. Great Video. Thumbs Up.

I always find your tips helpful.

Yay another sma vid. I was hoping I would get one!

Aye the Autel Scope is out and the Verus is on the bench 😱😱😱 I cant believe you're using it. You must have been in a good mood that day. Eric come on every thing you teach us is useful!

Good show on a Saturday got love sma

Awesome work. I have a test car in the workshop for everyone to play with...think it has active sensors. I'll go play with the UScope n see how I go. Thank you again.

Clear the codes before testing, test, good to go. Thanks Dr. O!

Thank you Eric. Good job. I appreciate your videos.

going down the diagnostic rabbit hole, my specialty. thanks for the tip Eric.

Using your Autel scope again, thought you gave that to your brother, good video I dont get to use my Autel Scope as much as I would like, its good to someone else using one, Keep up the good work Mr.O

Eric, Great video and fix - thank you! SMA#1 God bless Paul

Finally got my alternator fixed Key off draw went from 4A to ,04A thanks something you taught me. Thanks Eric.

Thanks Mr. "0", very helpful for us DIY'er's.

Excellent tips!! Thank you Eric!

Great video as always

Great video Eric O @South Main auto

Great as always!

Experience taught you the computer shuts off the bad one. I am very glad to learn from your experience. Sucks when ya get a sensor that’s embedded in the bearing housing. Waste of a functioning bearing. Thanks again Eric

This is handy! Got 2 busted ABS Sensors in the front of my Exploder. I broke one, the other one looks like it's been broke for years. When I'm able to again, I'd like to switch them out and weirdly enough, I was thinking earlier about how I should look up how to do it. And WAM Eric O came to the rescue! You da man!

"If you weren't aware" every time you say that I learn something.

Sir! You are a work machine! Impressive!

great video Eric.

Nice to see how efficiently you verify the diagnosis, and the way you don't waste time, you drill out the broken part. I would have wasted a whole day on that repair.....

The master at work thanks for sharing!

Eric, nice video!!

Learn something new every day with SMA ! I understand the "theory of operation" of inductive and Hall effect speed sensors. I had heard of magnetoresistive sensor but never researched them enough to understand them. You need Ivan to do a white board talk on their "theory of operation", but in short, they give a more consistent signal from very low speed up to very high speed. There is no "active" element in the sensor (like a Hall effect) so they are inexpensive (or should be), but they are "active" in the sense, as you showed, power must be applied.

When I grow up I wanna be just like you... Big Homie Eric 👊🏼

Very good info. Glad you guys haven't floated away.

Good video Eric

Love your video's

That's why I always buy the official OEM service manual for all my cars. Like Eric O always says, "sometimes you gonna got slow to go fast". I always read the appropriate section in my OEM service manual to make sure that I have somewhat of an understanding on how that subsection operates. I'm not a mechanic so I really need to familiarize myself with how these systems work or else I might be attacking the problem from the wrong perspective. This video teaches you that important fact. Nice Saturday video.

Another nice fix Eric, and another great video. Hope Mrs O is feeling better?

Nice video!!

Great video.

Awesome job 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

thank for sharing that info

Little tip: Measuring across the sensor is fine for circuit checking, but it´s easier to see the waveform if you measure from a battery plus to sensor plus. U don´t have to zoom as much.

Not a single down vote. The people love you dude. That says a lot.

Your the Man.

I may have come up with an easy way to get speed sensor remnants out. Not sure if this will be eric approved...but...if you know the sensor is stuck and are replacing it anyway, just break the head off, heat the plastic still in the hole, screw a (not too long) self tapping screw in there and use long needle nose pliers to pry it out. Use leverage to your advantage. Works every time! Yes, I used a propane torch , the screw starts very easily in soft plastic...

Good To know!

Great job A+

Good advice , nice one ! Eric O .

Eric, look into Cor-Ban 27L. We use it on airliners to prevent corrosion of the hardware and such. Be warned that the stuff is extremely nasty, and you must use gloves with it, but it works awesome

Thanks for the info. That info is worth a lot of money if you think about it. If people like myself use the info you provide them go to patron website and give a little to help you continue to make these types of vids.

An end mill would work pretty well in that situation I'd bet. Thanks for the video.

Thank you mr o

It's always something with those damn Ford's

Funny enough, I have the same issue on my 2010 Mazda 3 GT Sport 2.5i sedan and had it diagnosed last Tuesday by my guys at the shop I work at. Turns out it's the drivers side wheel speed sensor. Getting it repaired this coming Tuesday and I have the same symptoms with the ABS and Traction Control being disabled. But it also had the adverse effect of disabling my cruise control as well. Not sure if it caused the same issue on this car but that's what happened to mine.

Hmm ... that Maxiscope might be my ticket to acquiring a scope for much less than I had planned! I can deal with glitches - everything I own that's electronic is glitchy, including the truck! 😂 Great vid, btw! 👍 Haven't seen any '08's here yet - seems my entire town has bought '03 Sables & Tauruses, lol. I had 3 customers with the same color, too! Not many left now - they're all rotting into the boneyard, one by one. My neighbor entered his in the demo derby at the local fair this year. When we stripped all the plastic off it in preparation, it revealed how cheaply made these cars are. Hard to believe they hide all that crap metal under plastic, and get close to $30 LARGE for them. Not one of FoMoCo's finest engineering examples. I see the '08's are rusting just as quick there ... Did a compressor pulley bearing this morning for my buddy's son - '04 Grand Cherokee. I wanted to go to a warbird air show today, but gotta take care of my buddies (We'll catch the show in Glens Falls NY - no biggie). Took me 2 hours because my snap ring pliers are 20 years old. Talk about FRUSTRATING!! Clip kept slipping off - flew down underneath the electric fan 5 or 6 times when installing it, too! Shopping for new tips now, lol. Chrysler compressor is a much better design than GM ones though - didn't even need a puller Would've SUCKED trying to get a puller in there without yanking that fan assembly. Old one was WASTED. Was just about to start spitting bearings out, lol. The grease stunk bad! 162k miles, OE. His son took it home as a souvenir. 😊 Yesterday I had to do a right lower ball joint on the trusty '86 Grand Marquis - time for a sticker. I got slid on the play at first - felt like a wheel bearing ... but I saw zero movement between the rotor and knuckle. Had my wife shake the wheel, but she didn't have the arm strength to make it click. Thought I saw a little movement in the pitman arm and right outer tie rod end. Had a Moog pitman arm laying around here for the past 10 years, so I threw that in, then had the wifey run to Advance for a Moog rod end. Parts cannon! Didn't fix the problem! Had no play whatsoever at 6 & 12, prybar or by hand, loaded or unloaded - same with 3 & 6. Only had play at 2 & 8! Had my neighbor come over to shake the wheel - barely saw the play in the lower bj, but then I noticed the recessed nipple on the bottom. Bingo. Ended up being the lower ball joint. First time in 25 years I've ever seen one fail that way. The boot had a TINY tear in it, which explained the brief squirt of water the past 3 years when greasing. Turned my red Amsoil grease pink! Must've got just enough grit in there to finish it off. Was a NAPA ball joint. Only 5 years/50k miles on that one. The other 3 are NAPA ones I installed in '05 - roughly 170k on those, and all still good! Good stuff right there. 😎 I switched to the blue Amsoil waterproof grease in case that happens again - might buy me a few months. 😁

You definitely should be teaching Classes’s

Interesting testing criteria to know. I almost want to say thanks but that would be to nice of me Eric. haha

If we only had a garage like this down here in pa

so if you dont have a scope or a scan tool that can tell you if its reading the speed sensor you can test the plug by using a multimeter in the ohms setting? what is the range of ohms that the sensor is good or bad? i was wondering if there was a way to test a speed/wheel sensor to determine which one is bad when the abs light comes on the dash?

Could you use aluminum anti-seize on it instead of fluid film without adversely affecting the sensor? Or is fluid film enough to keep from having to break it off next time?

I will use that to fix my sons 2005 jeep.

Changed the bearing hub and the sensor on a 2016 fusion, when testing the voltage was normal but the voltage drops quickly. Any thoughts

A little brass wire brush with some grease will clean up the hole where the sensor is mounted.

what is your opinion on the autel scope? I have the elite and i love it, was wondering if the scope was worth it or should i just save for the pico? I really just need all the test leads for a pico, the shop has one for diagnosing vibration it just doesn't have the leads for the electrical diagnosing,

So do you think the corrosion crushes the sensor and that’s why it failed nice video good information

I have a ABS problem, one of the speed sensor are not receiving voltage, what i can do/test?

Eric is what's up wed. A thing of the past? Haven't seen one in a long time.

Would it help to look at the signal by AC coupling the scope and go on a smaller scale?

nother of dem fine fords with all dem sofissakated diageenostee procedires.... been a ford week in my shop ....damn .... too much fun for me , just one left to finish

How has the software come along on the maxiscope? Thought about getting one for a backup to my Pico and retiring the OTC 3840f. I just picked up a surface pro and I’m going to see if I can make a case to mount the Pico to the back of it. I was gonna get the Acer like Ivan since I knew for sure it would work but the larger screen of the surface pro was too enticing. It’s a dream to use with the Pro and the surface pen and now it’s just as portable as any other scope. Plus, the battery life of that thing is awesome.

Eric-this week we stopped buying dlr priced piggy mat-absorbent mat from Grainger (thicker, white in color)is a lot cheaper.

Eric Couldn't you just disconnect the sensor and connect your scope to the sensor to see if it generate a voltage? Or because of their design, you need to have the sensor connected when testing? Thanks

Dam that was a pain to remove :-( i wonder if something like a wood screw welded to an old T-bar might help extraction. That signal amplitude was very weak, i'm supprised it does not gain extra noise on the way to the computer.

Boom!

Do you think that the reason the ABS module shuts the circuit down, is in case of a short, and save the computer? GREAT information on this vid!

How do you say that ? That one's a little "crusty" underneath.

Why did you switch to the Autel scope from the Pico? I see a lot of negative reviews on the Autel scope.

I’ve run into that with bulbs on fords too. Must at least cycle ignition even after repair just to get the stupid computer to activate the circuit again

What are your thoughts on the autel scope? Is it a decent entry level scope for a beginner?

Good practice for abs repair is to talk to customer if brake repair has been done recently Some mechanics slap a rotor on not checking for proper chopper wheel spacing if you do that it will generate a code the sensor will test ok some trouble shoot computer generated repair will have you change the computer

I paid the NAPA machine shop to press two new wheel bearings in a set of spindles and they smashed and damaged both tone rings. Talking about a headache to figure out.

hmmm the circuit shuts down when code sets.....good tip!

good thing to know funny how they leave that stuff out of the manuals

Where do u buy ur heat shrink

you fix it

Another golden nugget video from "Self Made Otto Reaper". Sorry bout that, I know its hard to pronounce rigth without sounding stupid hehe :-) However I missed Mrs O coming in to interrupt you, hope she is getting better from the flue. All the best !

What autel did you use

Out of curiosity how much does it cost to own and use an Autel ms906? Including software for all cars and updates?

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I absolutely despise the Ford speed sensors. I have never been able to remove one intact... the complete opposite compared to GM, let's say. Good tip with the ABS module shutting the power/signal to the sensor down in some cases.

8:32 i'm shure you meant holleylluja right :)

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