Are the anti lock brakes just on the front?

[kalifornia]

or are they front and back. thanks

[live4redline]

I have never seen a car that didn't have both front and rear if it was equipped with anti lock brakes.

So for kicks i goggled a motor picture of the 2014 Mirage and indeed you can see that the ABS pump has six lines. Two lines for the front brakes, two lines for the rear brakes and two lines to the slave cylinder.

So the answer is no, the Mirage has both front and rear anti lock brakes.



2014 Motor Picture: The abs pump is the sliver box on the left of the engine bay with the six metal lines coming from it. Four of the lines are green and two are black.

[mohammad]

I have never seen a car that didn't have both front and rear if it was equipped with anti lock brakes.

So for kicks i goggled a motor picture of the 2014 Mirage and indeed you can see that the ABS pump has six lines. Two lines for the front brakes, two lines for the rear brakes and two lines to the slave cylinder.

So the answer is no, the Mirage has both front and rear anti lock brakes.



2014 Motor Picture: The abs pump is the sliver box on the left of the engine bay with the six metal lines coming from it. Four of the lines are green and two are black.

I think you meant to say "master cylinder" as i have no idea what a slave cylinder would be.

[AtomicPunk]

I think you meant to say "master cylinder" as i have no idea what a slave cylinder would be.

"Slave cylinder" is found on some manual transmission cars. Works with the clutch.

[allrock]

"Slave cylinder" is found on some manual transmission cars. Works with the clutch.

slave and master cylinder is just a layman's term for primary and secondary cylinder.

[AtomicPunk]

slave and master cylinder is just a layman's term for primary and secondary cylinder.

Right. But hardly any mechanics refer to the master cylinder as the "slave cylinder". Which in the original post they were describing lines running from ABS module to the master cylinder.

[Eggman]

I think you meant to say "master cylinder" as i have no idea what a slave cylinder would be.

Eight year old thread! Good to see old threads kept alive.


Regarding slave cylinders, this was found on Wikipedia: Master Cylinder

In automotive engineering, the master cylinder is a control device that converts force (commonly from a driver's foot) into hydraulic pressure. This device controls slave cylinders located at the other end of the hydraulic brake system.

As piston(s) move along the bore of the master cylinder, this movement is transferred through the hydraulic fluid, to result in a movement of the slave cylinder(s). The hydraulic pressure created by moving a piston (inside the bore of the master cylinder) toward the slave cylinder(s) compresses the fluid evenly, but by varying the comparative surface area of the master cylinder and each slave cylinder, one can vary the amount of force and displacement applied to each slave cylinder, relative to the amount of force and displacement applied to the master cylinder.

I thought it would be helpful to post some content relevant to the discussion.

[kalifornia]

thanks redline

[Canoehead]

My family had an F150, 1994 I believe, that just had rear wheel ABS. It wasn't much good, but I suppose it did keep the back from swinging around. Glad they got rid of that idea!

[live4redline]

Not a problem, any time.

And an f150 hu, that's crazy. I would love to ask the engineer in charge of that decision of what to do in the event of an emergency, do you lay on the brakes or pump them? Lol