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Thanks for your reply GBL, I can confirm that there was nothing wrong with that replacement bearing i put in as I got to eye ball it today when i pulled the hub carrier out... again! So, the whole guts of the problem was that worn drive flange due to one half of the original worn out bearing spinning on it and chewing away the metal. For those that dont know, these bearings are a double row bearing and the inner race is split in two for some reason with and outter half and an inner. So when I went to replace that original worn out bearing a couple of months ago I discovered the inner half of the bearing surface of the drive flange was worn and under size. Obviously the correct thing to do then would have been to replace the bearing AND the drive flange. But I cant get parts for this van here off the shelf, they have to come from the UK which takes a week and I was under the pump to get the van on the road to go racing in the North island. So I did a bodgy job and applied bearing retainer to one half of the new bearing inner race that was going to locate on the worn part of the drive flange. Wrong! It may have got me on the road but it was the source of the ABS light coming on. The ABS reluctor ring is attached to the inner race of the bearing so that it turns the with drive flange and creates the signal. But half of my inner race was not turning fully because the bearing retainer fix did not work and was just catching enough to spin the reluctor ring erratically creating a dud signal. So after 5 hrs at the workshop today re-doing the whole job and fitting a new drive flange I got to take it for a test drive and the light is off - Yahoo! Result. So pleased, it had been driving me nuts. As soon as I got the hub carrier off the van today and spun the drive flange I could see exactly what had gone wrong. You never stop learning eh. Thanks for listening to my saga those that did.

Here are some action shots: Here's the rear or our campsite on our shake-down trip last weekend. You can see that the easy-up fits over the top of the wagon. It also has attachable sides to give us a bit of standing privacy behind the van for things like changing, but they also work as a wind-break for cooking on windy days. This is how the van looks from the front, doors open, in full camping mode. I'll also post some photos of the platforms folded and stored; it's raining today, so they're safely stored in a dry place. The side legs of the rear platform fold under the platform (they're on piano hinges) so it can be sored relatively flat next to the front platform, legs removed. The front platform can also double as a table if the campsite doesn't have one. Currently, we're using sawhorses to support it, but I'd like to build some legs that use the same T-nut and bolt combination that the platform supports use. The next steps: Some minor modifications to the sleeping platform to increase stability. Specifically, a leg that goes the length of the front of the rear platform to help provide some stability to the side legs. Removing the third-row seats permanently. Installing an auxiliary battery, battery isolator, and Maxxair fan in the rear of the van for ventilation. Hope you enjoyed the post! I'm happy to answer whatever questions you may have!