Suggestions on rear abs sensor replacement?

[terri8le1]

Took me wheel off today to have a go at changing the rear abs sensor, got to the allen bolt and it was so rusty and sh!tty, i even think it may be slightly rounded, but i cant get to it very good as i aint got a ramp, just the standard jack.

Any suggestions what i could do about the allen bolt? Reaaly dont want to be paying anyone to do it as it seems such a straight forward job!

[kells]

go buy somke axel stands first

then spray wd40 on it, go for a brew then try again

also try hammer your allen key in to the bolt so its seated in propperly

[terri8le1]

Yeh its a pain tryin to hammer it in as the suspensions in the way to get a good swing. I'll have another go tomorrow i think with the wd40. Cheers

[kells]

is it the bolt that holds part of the caliper on (2 of them)?

if so

u can get a hammer on them just, did mine on the weekend, i had to remove the braket that supports the handbrake cable, then i had to use the hammer to hit the allen key stem to actually loosen the bolt (once id got the allen key seated in the bolt)

[terri8le1]

Nah, just the small allen bolt that holds the sensor on. Would you recommend takin the caliper off to change the sensor?

[kells]

i would yes if it will give u more space to work with, to remove the caliper is really easy... once you free the bolts, u also have to release the handbrake cable but its not hard, a bit faffy and thats it

[terri8le1]

Alright, nice one mate, i'll give it a go Cheers

[Pete Taylor]

Don't take anything off! There's just about enough room to hammer a socket head over it and use the ratchet to take it out. Get a replacement bolt though (have a look round the engine bay and nick one from there and swap them over)

[terri8le1]

Couldnt use a socket tho as its just a round allen bolt is'nt it?

[kells]

get a allen key socket for your socket set if that makes sense