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[YZ250]

As they fit like a jack plug, first stage goes in and then second stage needs a firmer push but if yours are dropping all the way in it would appear that the sensor pin is too small as Lizzie said. :-/

[tony2]

hi replaced my front pads recently and sensor broke , purchased new sensor and found the oppisite to you sensor pin to big to go in pad ended up drilling pad to fit is it possible there are two different sizes ? [ :edit must type faster             

[Lizzie_Zoom]

hi replaced my front pads recently and sensor broke , purchased new sensor and found the oppisite to you sensor pin to big to go in pad ended up drilling pad to fit is it possible there are two different sizes ? [

Not if you buy sensors Vx part no. 090495144 to fit genuine Vx pads.

Cannot answer for patterns

[fiend61]

ok lizzie thanks, now can someone tell me if the pins come in different thicknesses i purchased these ones from vaux world through the reg of my car and i thought they were all the same except for the 2.0l and 2.2l which are listed as being a different part number??
the info i have on the packaging is-
#EQ 62 38 323
#EQ 90495144
pad sensor LC-95144
batch no 178820
if this means anything to anybody???

[Lizzie_Zoom]

ok lizzie thanks, now can someone tell me if the pins come in different thicknesses i purchased these ones from vaux world through the reg of my car and i thought they were all the same except for the 2.0l and 2.2l which are listed as being a different part number??

That is probably the problem

The number I quoted is definately for your 2.5 V6, as that was the ones I fitted for my dear departed example of that model

[fiend61]

ok thanks lizzie looks like i will be ordering from vauxhall first thing tuesday morning  and chuck they vaux world ones out as wont be able to return them as covered in grease now 
thanks for everyones help 
hey just realised the part number is the same, think i will go to vauxhall on tuesday and try these sensors in another set of pads while i am there, never no might be faulty batch of pads???

[hotel21]

Would have thought that you could always glue them in with a wee gob of araldite?  Its really the thickness of the backing plastic thats the most important for when it wears down as the pads reduce....

[markspark]

is ther a way of doing away with the pad sensor a resistor or something (what does it need to work)

[hotel21]

is ther a way of doing away with the pad sensor a resistor or something (what does it need to work)

I have used the old sensor wire in the past.  Simply remove the remains of the old sensor plastic then strip pack the plastic covering and short out the two wires.

When the disc wears down the plastic of the sensor it cuts the wire, breaking the circuit, thus activating the warning on the dash.  Bridging out the wire fools the car into thinking its still all OK.   

[Chris_H]

is ther a way of doing away with the pad sensor a resistor or something (what does it need to work)

I used a resistor on my Senator when the discs were too worn to accommodate new sensors.  Can't remember the value but all you have to do is measure the new sensors or an unbroken old one.

100 Ohms springs to mind but it's only a distant memory.

I also remember the sensors being pretty loose with factory parts.  Didn't quite fall out on their own though.

[Andy B]

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I used a resistor on my Senator when the discs were too worn to accommodate new sensors.  Can't remember the value but  .....

Twisting the wires together as H21 says above is quite sufficient.     

[same #same#]

are the sensors round pin with 4 fins around it to locate it or the big fat pin with a lip on it and put spring on first and push in hole?