Ford Escape 2005 Tone ring

[drg3824]

Hello and i'm glad you guys are here. I live in NJ and have a 2005 Escape that needs a new L/F sensor. I just replaced the rotors and pads last week. However, before doing the sensor i see that the tone ring is loose but not damaged. Do you think i should still replace it? If not, then how do i re mount the tone ring? I have never played with a tone ring before. I really don't want to take all that assembly apart if i don't have to, but i can get a new tone ring for under $10. Thanks. If necessary, please email @ drg3824@yahoo.com. I'm not gonna complete this repair for 2 weeks. Thanks again.

 

[Ranger Dave (B25)]

It's likely cracked and that's why it's loose. Replace it.

 

[adsm08]

Your tone ring is not "probably cracked", it IS cracked. They don't just fall off unless they break (and they do that all the time).

It's not hard to put them on. Some guys heat them up a bit, I usually take either a brass drift or the old ring and a 2lb hammer and just beat the new one on. Smack it down until you get it flush with the shoulder, then you are good.

 

[drg3824]

Thanks a bunch. The Ranger and Explorer never gave me a problem.

 

[adsm08]

The Ranger and Explorer have very differently designed wheel speed sensors that don't allow for that kind of breakage.

I remember when the Escapes first started cropping up with these tone rings breaking. The ring wasn't available separately from the axle shaft. Expensive.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Yea I do the heat method...just throw it in the electric frying pan while you disassemble everything. Clean the rust off the CV shaft where the tone ring mounts and then install the new one.

 

[Ranger Dave (B25)]

Your tone ring is not "probably cracked", it IS cracked. They don't just fall off unless they break (and they do that all the time).

Pardonez moi, monsieur...simply left it open for the odd possibility that it could be 'something else.'

 

[adsm08]

Pardonez moi, monsieur...simply left it open for the odd possibility that it could be 'something else.'

Huh?


If I hadn't seen dozens of them myself, I'd probably have done the same thing.

After you see a few Escapes come in with the customer saying "The ABS goes off every time I get to 5 mph" and all 4 tone rings are just hanging there cracked, you learn real quick that they all break. Once you put 2 or 3 on you realize that breaking is the only way those bad boys are going to come back off.

 

[Ranger Dave (B25)]

Huh?


If I hadn't seen dozens of them myself, I'd probably have done the same thing.

After you see a few Escapes come in with the customer saying "The ABS goes off every time I get to 5 mph" and all 4 tone rings are just hanging there cracked, you learn real quick that they all break. Once you put 2 or 3 on you realize that breaking is the only way those bad boys are going to come back off.

Bastardized fwench for 'pardon me.'

I always say 'likely' because if I have learned anything in 51 years, it's that as soon as you commit unequivocally to a diagnosis without seeing the problem firsthand, it turns out to be something else. Like the sensor has gone tits-up, or an intermittent break in a connection, or something equally pain-in-the-assish.