Integrated Control Unit: Removal

-- Disconnect negative (-) battery cable from battery post and isolate.

-- Using a brake pedal holding tool, depress brake pedal past its first inch of travel and hold it in this position. Holding pedal in this position will isolate master cylinder from hydraulic brake system and will not allow brake fluid to drain out of brake fluid reservoir while brake lines are open.

-- Remove the primary (4) and secondary (1) brake tubes (from master cylinder) at the hydraulic control unit (7).

-- Remove the remaining brake tubes (2, 3, 5, 6) at the hydraulic control unit (7).

Fig 1: Identifying Integrated Control Unit, Hydraulic Control Unit And Brake Tubes

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NOTE:

Use this figure in the following step to release the ABM harness connector cover. It shows the location of the release tabs.

Fig 2: Releasing ABM Harness Connector Cover

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• 1 - ABM (part of ICU).
• 2 - Wiring harness connector.

Fig 3: Identifying ABM Harness Connector

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-- Disconnect the ABM harness connector from the module.

-- Depress the tabs on each side of the connector cover.

-- Pull outward and upward on the lower half of the cover until it locks into position pointing straight outward (2). The connector can then be pulled straight off the ABM (1).

-- Remove the single mounting bolt (1) securing the ICU (2) to the mounting bracket (3).

Fig 4: Identifying ICU Mounting

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-- Lift the ICU off the mounting bracket, dislocating the mounting pins from the grommets in the bracket.

-- If the ABM and HCU need to be separated, refer to INTEGRATED CONTROL UNIT .