Originally Posted by bambbrose
what do you mean by abs is driven off of the axle? I have never heard of this... I would like to know what that means. from what i knew abs was controled by vehicle speed sensors reading different readings, and then the abs unit lets the pressure off of one of the calipers to stop the wheel from locking up.. what does that have to do with the axle?
enlighten me
the speed sensor works by counting little bumps as the axle spins, sends the info to the abs computer, the abs computer delegates fluid control based on brake force and the speed info.
The brakes themselves (the rotors, calipers, lines) don't do anything... they're just plain old hardware. :edit: For instance, I have brakes from an ABS teg on my non-abs civic, and they work the same way the stock ones did.