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[Entwood]

Wanted for a 2001 FL 3.2 Saloon, a front ABS sensor in known working condition. I "think" they are the same both sides, but are different to the rears .. least that's how I read EPC. If they are different I need the front left (nearside). Reading through the forum it appears they are "awkward" to get out intact ...

Any help gratefully accepted

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[JamesV6CDX]

Second hand ones are next to impossible to come by, they nearly always fail to come out in one piece

I bought new, from GM, for about £60, 18 months ago

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I totally refurbed and repainted my front suspension, and part of this was (I intended) to remove the sensors, angle-grind the hub/steering knuckle, then refit after painting. This did not happen.

Basically if you've got a faulty sensor, you change the whole knuckle, which as Mr V6 says when the wire alone is a fairly double-taking £60, and a whole knuckle could be what, £10, £20?that's what the bloke up the road would probably charge me, it's a no-brainer for me.

At some point will be getting a spare one to try various methods to remove one intact, WD40 and a vice and see what happens. I suspect broken plastic and a knackered sensor   

[05omegav6]

I totally refurbed and repainted my front suspension, and part of this was (I intended) to remove the sensors, angle-grind the hub/steering knuckle, then refit after painting. This did not happen.

Basically if you've got a faulty sensor, you change the whole knuckle, which as Mr V6 says when the wire alone is a fairly double-taking £60, and a whole knuckle could be what, £10, £20?that's what the bloke up the road would probably charge me, it's a no-brainer for me.

At some point will be getting a spare one to try various methods to remove one intact, WD40 and a vice and see what happens. I suspect broken plastic and a knackered sensor   

Thing is, and what your £10-20 used hub fails to allow for, is the subsequent £70-100 reset cost of the geometry... also not allowing for faffing time.

A new sensor from Vauxhall is actually the most efficient course of action... both financially and temporally