Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

Hi Guys,
Anyone knows how that load sensing device actuall works?
I see a spring connected to the axle with a little box where brake pipes goes in and out but can't figure out how that is suppose to assist in breaking when loaded.
Anyone with knowledge on this?

Paw paw,

I have never looked for/at the Pajero load sensor, but the last time I bothered with one of those was on my Austin 1100

The system is very simple in principle:
1)This device controls the brake balance between front and rear.
2)The idea is to have a default brake balance that allows enough brake force to the rear wheels, but not so much that the rear wheels will lock-up. If this happens the rear will want to swap ends with the front.
3)In practice when you hit the brakes the nose dips and the rear lifts up. The load sensor then senses the load reduction to the rear and allows less brake force to the rear and more to the front. The opposite is also true when the rear is heavily laden and sagging, then more brake force will be allowed to the rear wheels.

ABS replaced this device in later models.

Roelf

Roelf you have just given away your age

I never mentioned how old the Austin was

But yip, I was 18, the Austin was 10 and my dad bought it for R100. It almost got me through uni, but I took too long and the Austin was too old. A Datsun 1600 SSS - the very first model (1969/70) with wood trim and the small dash dials, saw me through uni and national service. Was also 10 years old when we bought it for R350. Owner thought the motor had gone, but we knew it was a stretched cam chain. Fitted a new one for R13.