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Old Mar 24, 2016 | 11:05 PM
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so i have an escort and want rear discs, but i have abs, was told focus hubs fit the same bolt pattern as my rear beam, great simple done, but wait suddenly i need to machine the hubs to fit the escort abs ring and then drill the abs sensor hole to fit the escort sensor, not so great, but the question that i cannot get an answer to is... why cant i just use the abs ring and sensor that comes with the focus hubs? can i not just cut and wire in the focus sensor wire to the escort sensor wiring?
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Old Mar 25, 2016 | 12:37 AM
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Well the blindingly obvious question is do both trigger wheels have the exact same number of teeth ?
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Old Mar 25, 2016 | 03:59 AM
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you say blindingly obvious but i dont have a damn clue about abs other than what its for, so i have no idea plus, ive not bought focus ones yet because i wanna know what im doing before i do it so i cant compare them
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Old Mar 25, 2016 | 04:59 PM
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Was there a non-Cos Escort model with rear discs and ABS that you could get the parts for? XR3i/GTi/RS2000
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 10:31 PM
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nah no escort with rear discs came with abs only drums had it
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 10:42 PM
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RS2000 4x4 had rear discs and ABS IIRC
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 11:16 PM
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I'm pretty sure of that too.
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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 08:16 AM
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Yeh the 4x4 rs 2000 had rear discs. So did the mk5 rs 2000.
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