My mrs escort has just failed the MOT, as there is no N/S ABS belt....
Whats the easiest way (if there is one!? ) to fit a belt?? I assume you need to get the driveshaft out?

 

you have to take the drive shaft off to fit the belt or get rid of the whole abs system

 

Put a cable tie round the belt tentioner to keep the light out. ABS is crap on S2 RSTs



dave

 

thats a severe understatement

 

cable tie round the senser mate if its still got the sensers if not just pick a feed of the park light

 

Unfortunatly, the tester has clocked the belt is missing, i tried to 'bodge' it, but he said he wont pass unless the belt is on...
Might try to put the belt over the hub and slide it down the driveshaft, (if it will...?) dont really want the risk of pissing gearbox oil everywhere!!

 

Its as the first post then



Dave

 

Thats what i was afraid of!!!

 

How hard is it to remove the abs.Wanna do it properly and not just cut the belts like my mate told me

 

you have to take the modules out hers a diagram that someone showed me off here of what to do

 

I don’t think the belt will go over the complete hub. I would leave the shaft in the gearbox and remove it from the hub.

If you are going to remove the abs you will need to bypass the modulators. I did mine when I had the engine out so just run two new pipes from the master cylinder down to the two t-piece’s on the inner wings.

You will also need to blank off the return hoses at the fluid reservoir or get a non ABS reservoir.

 

did you get it sorted pall

 

sorry to jump in but when blanking off the two returns at the reservoir can you cut the original pipe and link them or are they different pressures?


thanks

 

You can link them together, theres no pressure in the return pipes once disconnected.