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Re: ABS Brake problems...more info (archive)
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Posted by Pat Hines on March 05, 2001 at 01:02:15:

In Reply to: ABS Brake problems...more info posted by Scottie on March 04, 2001 at 16:35:42:


I have different sized tires on front and back (using all 16x8 rims). Up front I have 225/50 and in the rear I have 235/60. Would this cause the ABS computer to error out and stop working? As you may recall, my ABS was not working after driving for a while, but if I reset the ignition, the ABS starts functioning again.

Mucho gracias dudes,
Scottie

The tire you need on the rear is a 245/45-16 which has a diameter of 24.6 inches, close enough to the OEM tire and the 24.8 inches of your front tires, and is approved for an eight inch rim width. Of course it will be about 10 mm wider across the widest part of the tire than the ones you have now, and the tread width is 9.7 inches, 0.4 inches wider than the 235 width tires at the tread, but much less than the whopping 27 inch diameter of your current rear tires. That 27 inch rear tire is reducing your acceleration by a lot as well and throwing your speedometer off. Since the 245/45-16 tire is lower in diameter, it may even clear the fenders better than that tall 235/60 tire.

Pat Hines


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