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CVO Technical => Wheels/Tires/Suspension/Brakes => Topic started by: johnmowcop on May 17, 2020, 01:19:13 PM

Title: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: johnmowcop on May 17, 2020, 01:19:13 PM

2011 CVO Ultra Road Glide.

Advice please.

I changed the front bearings over the Christmas holiday. Due to lock-in I have only just got  the bike out on the road. The ABS light is on. I am pretty sure I got the bearing for the abs in the right way around. Before I strip it down to confirm this, is there anything else it could be.

JohnT

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: Joel on May 17, 2020, 01:37:30 PM

Won't go out until above 3 mph. Could it be that?

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: johnmowcop on May 17, 2020, 05:11:04 PM

Thanks for the response Joe.,

No its not that, I have been riding around with the Light on.

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: fastfreddy on May 17, 2020, 06:10:29 PM

check to be sure you have the ABS bearing, if so the white side has to be facing out board toward the sensor....

Title: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: hogsty on May 17, 2020, 07:56:21 PM

You might just have to loosen it up and reposition the sensor.  I had that happen to me after removing the front wheel once.

It would help if you could get the code it is throwing.  Mine said something like intermittent signal or something like that.  It was a while ago, so memory is shot


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Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: johnmowcop on May 18, 2020, 07:16:49 AM

Quote from: fastfreddy on May 17, 2020, 06:10:29 PM

check to be sure you have the ABS bearing, if so the white side has to be facing out board toward the sensor....

Beginning feel I may have the bearing wrong way, I can’t remember clearly, age thing maybe, but a I have in my mind it was red facing out. What colours are on the bearing?

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: havenolife on May 19, 2020, 04:06:42 PM

I think that the factory ABS bearing is gold.

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: PBSTN on May 19, 2020, 05:52:29 PM

Red facing out is wrong. Happened to me once on a dealer install.

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: Yellow09SERG on May 20, 2020, 10:16:56 PM

Hope this helps if you have not already made the repair

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: johnmowcop on May 21, 2020, 04:17:15 PM

Thanks for your advice gents, I take the wheel off again this weekend to see if the bearing is the wrong way round. I will report back either way.

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: Yellow09SERG on May 21, 2020, 09:25:23 PM

Quote from: johnmowcop on May 21, 2020, 04:17:15 PM

Thanks for your advice gents, I take the wheel off again this weekend to see if the bearing is the wrong way round. I will report back either way.

Good luck. Hopefully its that simple

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: johnmowcop on June 01, 2020, 05:17:30 PM

OP Here.

Thanks' to all for the input. Update is, I had put the bearing adjacent to the ABS sensor in the wrong way around. Turned it around and the ABS light went out.

This is not the first mistake I have made and definitely will not be the last, we live and learn.

Regards
JohnT

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: Yellow09SERG on June 01, 2020, 09:19:49 PM

Quote from: johnmowcop on June 01, 2020, 05:17:30 PM

OP Here.

Thanks' to all for the input. Update is, I had put the bearing adjacent to the ABS sensor in the wrong way around. Turned it around and the ABS light went out.

This is not the first mistake I have made and definitely will not be the last, we live and learn.

Regards
JohnT

Glad you got it fixed and it wasn't something expensive. You are so correct in how we learn. Not often do I know what to do, but I have screwed it up enough times to know what not to do

Title: Re: ABS light on after bearing change
Post by: Twolanerider on June 01, 2020, 09:42:52 PM

Quote from: johnmowcop on June 01, 2020, 05:17:30 PM

OP Here.

Thanks' to all for the input. Update is, I had put the bearing adjacent to the ABS sensor in the wrong way around. Turned it around and the ABS light went out.

This is not the first mistake I have made and definitely will not be the last, we live and learn.

Regards
JohnT

Good catch.  Gotta love it when the fixes are cheap and easy.  Now you've added another thing to the "I won't do that again" list.  My version of that list is waaayyyyyyyyy long.