Antilock brake problem

Uh, yep. The tone ring for the ABS (part of the sensor mechanism that allows the ABS computer to determine when a wheel is about to skid) is on the CV joint nearest the wheel--part of what was replaced. If you got an axle without a tone ring, or if the tone ring is misaligned, or if the pick-up sensor was damaged during the swap, or if the wires to that sensor were damaged....

Get it in immediately.

--Geoff

The "tone ring" pickup for the ABS sensor is located on the CV axle. If the replacement CV axle did not come with a tone ring, or you didn't transfer the tone ring from the old axle to the new, then the ABS system will not work correctly. I think it should set a code and disable itself in that case, however.

The other possibility is that the new axle has a tone ring that doesn't match the tone ring on the other axle (different number of slots) and thus gives a false reading that one wheel is turning slower or faster, which the computer interprets as slipping wheels during braking.

And pull the ABS fuse to disable the system completely before driving it anywhere!