My ABS is going to kill me.

[Bad Luck]

A brake fluid flush is normal maintenance that most people skip over or don't understand why they should do it. It's pretty easy to see that your diff gear oil needs to be replaced, but not as easy with 5 year old brake fluid. It may look new, but it's absorbed a lot of water each year. Combine that with how a brake hydraulic system works and it's easy to understand why it should be replaced. What I mean by that is brake fluid transfers pressure from the master to the calipers/wheel cylinders which causes the fluid to go back and forth each time you press/release the brake pedal. I like to think of the brake fluid as Listerine that gets swished around. The fluid may not be moving the entire length of the system but it goes back and forth over the same seals thousands of times which picks up microscopic debris that can eventually cause accelerated wear to seals and sensors.

TLDR: Change your brake fluid more often than you think you should. Use a test strip to test the water content too.

 

[96RedRunner]

Small bleeders work go big or go home
With a flush buy a quart use it all no point having it sit on a shelf

 

[Reinout]

I had 4 studded cooper snow tires I’d put on my 94 cummins first sign of bad weather. Many mornings they were the only reason I got home from work in ice storms. They lasted 15 years.


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About 6 years ago a set of studded popped up on Offerup. The seller was asking $500 on 17" FJ steelies. It was a no-brainer.

 

[_Ace_]

Did you flush the system & cure the issue?

 

[Canadian Sled Dog]

I always gear down hard before applying the brake on ice, I don't have much of a problem with abs as long as I do that but if something surprises me and I hit the brake first that's when it gives me trouble. Would be better not to have abs at all imo.