Brake Wear Light still illuminated

[Frodo]

All right, I'll play around with it first chance I get. May be a few days---working both days this weekend.

Originally Posted by thstone

No need for a jumper if you already have good sensors. Simply pull the sensors out of the pads and zip tie out of the way.

I understand the idea behind zip-tying them up and out of the way---I've considered doing that. But (forgive my ignorance): What's a "jumper"?

And to help me out in this process...If I were to simply disconnect ALL four of them, the circuits would be broken and the light would be on, Right? If that's true, then simply disconnecting one would do the same thing, Right? So if there's a bad one, what good will switching them around do me? I'd still have a bad one in the mix---the warning light doesn't care (nor indicate) where it's located. It's still gonna light up, Right?

Originally Posted by particlewave

...or shorted to ground. The wire loop in the "sensor" only needs to be touching the rotor to trip the light (or any grounded metal surface), not necessarily broken. If the hole in the pad is not correctly spaced, the loop could be making ground contact through the pads metal plate.

I'll visually check them out for this. I get the concept, but I guess I don't fully understand why they're not automatically "shorted to ground" the instant they're plugged into the pads? Wait...a little light just came on here (mine!)...so the pad material is NON-conducting?

I might have a circuit tester layin around somewhere (I don't do electrical stuff much---pretty obvious I guess?), but that's all it would take to test the sensors, Right? If I don't, and assuming the holes in the pads seem to be placed properly, if I pull them one at a time and simply insert a small loop of wire, one end into each opening of where the sensor plugs in, I'll complete the circuit and the light'll go out, Right? (When I hit the bad one, that is.)

TIA. Sorry---I know I'm kind of a doofus when it comes to automotive electrical systems! The scary part? I once turned a 1-car garage into an additional bedroom (my excuse for buying all kinds of tools I wanted!), adding all kinds of wiring and switches and outlets and stuff. Lived there another 7 or 8 years and the place never burned to the ground!