ABS controller needed

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1997 Tahoe 2 door with 5.7L.
Getting a ABS light on my dash and my mechanic says its the ABS control module gone bad.
Per the local Chevy dealer my VIN needs GM part 12389541 but its NLA.
Cant seem to locate anything at the local VIP/ORiellys ; any suggestions where I might be able to get a ABS controller short of a junkyard.
Thanks in advance.
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1997 Tahoe 2 door with 5.7L.
Getting a ABS light on my dash and my mechanic says its the ABS control module gone bad.
Per the local Chevy dealer my VIN needs GM part 12389541 but its NLA.
Cant seem to locate anything at the local VIP/ORiellys ; any suggestions where I might be able to get a ABS controller short of a junkyard.
Thanks in advance.
Tbruz
Is it rebuildable?
 
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Have not been able to locate one that rebuilds 1997 ABS. Found a couple that rebuild GM 1999 to present.
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Thanks for that lead Doubeleive, I may have to get a JY one if I cant locate a rebuilder.
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You might contact some of those online rebuilders, I would think that they would be able to work on any of the Kelsey Hayes units.

Can you do without the truck in the meantime? If not, I’d pick up one from a salvage yard and swap it out. Just grab the whole thing instead of asking it to be separated. That would be the control module on top, the modulating valve beneath and the combination valve that the brake lines connect to.

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Afterwards, have a shop use a scanner to run the automated ABS bleed sequence to get the air out of it. Follow that with a bleed at all four corners.

Car-part.com is a good search engine for local yards.


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I've got a unit coming to me from a Southern JY in the next day or so. I have already popped off the ABS module on my ride so it will be an easy swap once it arrives.
There are probably 25 companies that rebuild the 99 onward Kelsey Hayes 325 units but no one rebuilds the 94-98 chevy with Kelsey Hayes 310 ABS units.
Our only option is a JY unit that is in unknown condition, unless East302 wants to send me that ABS module in his picture .....IF its a know good one that is.
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That’s good information to have, I didn’t know that the earlier units were not being rebuilt.

That’s an old picture, but it was a junkyard unit that I gave $75 for. Hopefully the one on the way works out.


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