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Spongy brakes, anti lock disabled and brakes won't lock-up when applied hard. Brake warning light is on. Lines have been bled with no change. No detectable leaks. Replaced front calipers, rear wheel cylinders and bled system with no improvement. Master cylinder?

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Yes master cylinder and maybe ABS sending unit. Also is there a sound of an air leak it may also be your brake booster

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Anti-lock system light on

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as a result of the service brake being applied with too much force, especially
on slippery road surfaces.
The idea is to maintain cornering forces on braked wheels to ensure that
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as far as physically possible. The available power transmission
or grip between tyres and carriageway should also be utilised as
far as possible to minimise the braking distance and maximise vehicle
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Why ABS? Although today commercial vehicle brakes are designed to a very high
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road it may no longer be possible to fully transfer the braking force onto
the road due to the low coefficient of friction (friction coefficient (k)) between
the tyres and the carriageway. The braking force is excessive and
the wheels lock up. Locked wheels no longer provide any grip on the
road and are almost incapable of transferring any cornering forces
(steering and tracking forces). This often has dangerous consequences:
- The vehicle becomes unsteerable
- The vehicle breaks away in spite of countersteering, and starts to
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- The braking distance is significantly increased
- Tractor-trailer combinations or semitrailer trains may break away or
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Load sensing valve influence On dry roads today's load sensing valves (ALB) alone are often capable
of preventing the wheels from locking if the vehicle is unladen; they also
help the driver to effectively grade the braking process on wet road surfaces,
but they are unable to prevent locking as such (no slip monitoring).
In addition, they are unable to counteract any overreactions on the
part of the driver, or any variances in frictional or adhesion coefficients
which may apply to different sides of the vehicle, or indeed to its different
axles (?-split road surfaces).
Benefits of ABS: Only the Anti-Lock Brake System (ABS)
- guarantees stable braking characteristics on all road surfaces.
- maintains steerability and generally reduces the braking distance
- prevents vehicle combinations from jackknifing
- reduces tyre wear.
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defined by driving physics. Even a vehicle fitted with ABS will become
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Why ASR? Increasing the engine output (accelerating) on a slippery road surface
can easily lead to the maximum adhesion on one or all powered wheels
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or partially laden.
Spinning wheels when driving off or accelerating represent a safety risk
just like locked wheel do when braking.
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wheels.
- They also no longer transfer any tractive power onto the road.
Consequences - Vehicles that do not move or get stuck.
- Vehicles that can no longer be steered, jackknife on uphill uphill
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and negotiating corners on slippery roads.
- The indicator lamp (if installed) is used to warn the driver of slippery
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All that is required to turn ABS control into full ABS/ASR control is
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for controlling the differential brake and the engine. This why ASR
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each other.
Limits of ASR The traction capacity of an all-wheel driven commercial vehicle can not
be achieved by a motor vehicle with only one driving axle - not even with
optimal ASR.

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