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Originally Posted by marinabrian
If you are inclined, slacken off the driveshaft nut, and after drilling out the old sensor use an airline to blow the debris out from the bearing face.
The inner oil seal of the bearing contains magnetic strips which form the "reluctor" for the sensor, and any dislodged rust particles will stick to the surface, and become trapped between the face of the new sensor and the oil seal, which leads to the rapid destruction of the seal.
Much easier than pressing out a knackered bearing and fitting a new one too 
Brian  |
Thanks Brain. Plan is to use a pipe cleaner down the hole then bent round to rub on the bearing seal while I turn the hub. This should remove anything adhering to it. I'll also be checking the yards for any cars from which I can recover the cables to make up a test rig, as described in other posts on the ABS subject.
Might be an idea to get a pair of hubs as spares. While I have a car bought specifically for parts, it proved so good mechanically that I;m using daily until next mot which it will fail on sill rot.