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ABS assembly repair

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by ALCRO, Sep 3, 2023.

  1. theory816

    theory816 Junior Member

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    Does anyone know how the components on the end bell would be wired?

    would the inductor be wired on the positive side in series? Two brushes wired on the same plate with two capacitors connecting positive plate to negative plate?
     
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    Nope nope what's the end bell?
     
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    The endbell is simply the plate on the bottom of the motor where all the brushes and components sit. Generally they're not that complicated but with the ABS motors they tried to fit a bunch of stuff on it.
     
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    The motor being the round silver part the accumulators the black round part I've had the motor apart several times doesn't look like there's much fixing going to go on with that My problem usually isn't with the motor the motor's running fine just running too much so something is causing the motor in my situation usually to keep running not continuously but very often so something is leaking down and then the pump has to come and recover what leaked now I guess if it did that for 20 years or a long time the motor yes could burn up but by that time holy Christ I would think we would have other problems starting to rear their head like the leak that's causing all the running so when I get that fixed then what I see I can buy accumulators and all that but suppose the leak is internal past the accumulator and on and on and on Why aren't these covered in the aftermarket by various rebuilding companies I'm staring at a BMW unit that looks almost exactly like the Toyota generation 2 unit I have them sitting side by side that's the plugs would match up it could probably work but that's another whole bunch of malarkey. But the pieces look the same the orientation is almost exactly the same it's uncanny and this unit is covered by A1 cardone and other rebuilders Why isn't the Toyota? There is a reason I'm certain I just don't know what it is and it certainly not that nobody would buy it or that there isn't a market and on and on.
     
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    If your motor is ok replace just the accumulator. You can buy those off of ebay by finding the closest matching one. The hardest part should be getting the scan tool that allows you to bleed the system.

    The brushes on the motor should last for another 10k but it will need to be replace because it will cause high resistance and eventually heat up or not work at all. And they are not easy to replace because you will have to take the end bell off and attach 3 new brushes. For some reason, solder does not stick the endbell. They used some kind of magicical stamping process too attach the brushes.
     
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