Vigo ABS check?

[Dewald Posthumus]

Morning fellow members,

Yesterday (and this morning again), I had a big safety shock. With all the rain we have had over the past days the raods are slippery as hell around Gauteng, now I am used to the rear end sliding all over the place in the wet. But yesterday I had to break hard and the frons wheels actually locked up! So much so that I immediatley took the vehicle to SupaQuick for a break check - all fine with the brakes. On the way I tested it again and it locked up again, and this morning again.

The vehicle is supposed to have ABS and not lock up? I have BF Goodrich AT on there with about 50k km on them, how can I check if the ABS is working? Do I wait for things to dry up and test hard braking again or do I invest on other tyres?

Please help, it is a serious safety concern for me, especially in the current weather we are having.

[Mars]

Dewald the BFG ATs are notoriously slippery on wet roads. Did the ABS not kick in when you started skidding? With ABS it will only kick in as soon as the wheels have locked. It will not stop them from locking initially. I had them on my D4D and adapted my driving style to them. They are going to last you a long time so you might as well get used to them.

[toyo v6]

Ek sit my lux in 4H as die pad nat Is help nogal baie het ook bf's op. Maar ja my ondervinding is dat die lux se brieke nie baie goed is nie saam met die bf's raak dit bietjie tricky af en toe.

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[Dewald Posthumus]

Dankie ouens,

Die pad was toe droog gistermiddag en ek kon toetse doen, dit is defnitief die BF's. Ek ry maar gewoonlik baie rustig en dis hoekom dit so lank gevat het om dit op te tel.

Gelukkig het hulle al 50 000km op, so ek het net nog 30 om te gaan, dan kan ek Cooper Discoverer ST Maxx opsit, kan nie wag nie!

[Hangover]

Ek sit my lux in 4H as die pad nat Is help nogal baie het ook bf's op. Maar ja my ondervinding is dat die lux se brieke nie baie goed is nie saam met die bf's raak dit bietjie tricky af en toe.

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Sonder n torque converter(ek dink dis wat hulle dit noem) soos in die fortuners of alle AWD karre kom is dit nie die beste ding om te doen op die teerpad nie... Jou voor en agter wiele draai teen verskillende spoed as mens skerp draai en jy kry windup op jou side shafts sonder die ding...

[dd6]

Nee, nie ñ torque convertor nie. Hy vervang maar net die clutch in ñ automatic. Difflocks op ñ teerpad is ñ probleem, dit werk nie. Nie seker oor gewone 4H nie. Die slim manne moet maar sê...

[toyo v6]

Ek was nog altyd onder die indruk dat n mens met 4H op nat paaie kan ry het self nou in die lux se boekie gaan kyk en dit se daar 4H to be used on whet slippery roads.Ja op drooë teer pad kan ek verstaan is dit n probleem weet ek,maar n nat pad??? Mmm sal ander manne se info waardeer.

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[ROOKIE]

Ek was nog altyd onder die indruk dat n mens met 4H op nat paaie kan ry het self nou in die lux se boekie gaan kyk en dit se daar 4H to be used on whet slippery roads.Ja op drooë teer pad kan ek verstaan is dit n probleem weet ek,maar n nat pad??? Mmm sal ander manne se info waardeer.

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M2c worth.

The key word here is slippery. Is the tar slippery enough to allow wheels to 'slide / skid' to deal with transmission wind up?? In my view if the roads are streaming with water, sure, but if it is just normally wet, I think tar is still a fairly grippy surface, unless you are using bfg's

[toyo v6]

Ek was nog altyd onder die indruk dat n mens met 4H op nat paaie kan ry het self nou in die lux se boekie gaan kyk en dit se daar 4H to be used on whet slippery roads.Ja op drooë teer pad kan ek verstaan is dit n probleem weet ek,maar n nat pad??? Mmm sal ander manne se info waardeer.

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M2c worth.

The key word here is slippery. Is the tar slippery enough to allow wheels to 'slide / skid' to deal with transmission wind up?? In my view if the roads are streaming with water, sure, but if it is just normally wet, I think tar is still a fairly grippy surface, unless you are using bfg's

LOL Yes bf,s is not the best on whet roads probably the worst.

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[Dewald Posthumus]

Absolutely!!

Need to replace those damn BF's...rainy season is here!

[Kykdaar]

Eish, I have a 2005 which does not have ABS.

A problem even in the dry with that much power available.

Considering that I also run BFG's I will have to be extra careful in the rain

[4x4BEES]

I also run BF A/T on my bakkie.

Lucky I only have a 2.4D
Not enough power to get into trouble in the wet