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Originally Posted by Love_00_Max
I would take the ABS sensor off the wheel, spray brake cleaner and put it back. Be nice to the sensor, once the 2 10mm bolts are off the sensor, use a screw driver to dislodge it and then pull gently off the knuckle. The repair manual details getting the axle off the knuckle before removing the sensor but I realized it is unnecessary as the sensor is far off the axle teeth to result in damage.
Stay away from cheap semi-metallic pads, the dust can get stuck to the ABS magnetic sensor.
I recommend cleaning the sensors every 60K miles and always sticking with ceramic pads to prevent metallic dust accumulation.
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you need to be extremely careful taking them off...mine were so brittle they cracked right off, plus they were seized to the spindle with rust (they worked fine, i was just putting new spindles in). Hit them several times with PB blaster or something if you're going to take them off.
As to the pads....while in theory I agree, I have put 500,000 miles on cars with semi-metallic pads (not cheap ones though) and never had an ABS sensor issue. Ceramic pads are ok, but I've never liked their lack of bite and poor fade resistance. But that's another discussion for another thread....