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hey all

i remember i read somewhere or someone told me if u dont hook up a boss kit properly on a 32 with that hicas shit on the steering wheel, u loose power steering..

im 90% sure

but i asked a mechanic and some mates n they reckon the boss kit has absolutely nothing to do with loosing power steering.. yes my p/s fluid is a little low, but seriously it went from full power steering - 5-10 mins installing the boss kit to NO powersteering..

theres no oil leaks on the ground or anything i cant explain it..

with the installation of the boss kit, i didnt bother connecting the red cable to the horn (and letting it touch some metal/nut) so my horn duznt work.. i had to get to work in 20 mins so i just left it out thinking 'meh who needs a horn for today' lol.

could that be the problem?

thanks in advance

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The steering wheel boss certainly does have something to do with the loss of power steering. The hicas computer needs to know the angle of the front wheels, and gets this info from a sensor within the steering wheel boss. I did it a long time ago, but from memory, you need to get a specialised HICAS boss kit to suit the skyline. If the computer doesnt get the info, it will go into default mode after about 5 mins of driving and you'll lose power steering. You'll also lose it if the steering wheel isnt on straight.

The same thing will happen if your speedo doesnt work, as the hicas computer also needs a speed input from behind the dash.

Shaun.

when you took your stock steering wheel and boss off, you would have noticed a cable for the horn and another for the HICAS.

the hicas one is mounted to the stock boss and as said above, it judges the angle of the wheel etc.

so you either need to "backyard job" attach the hicas sensor to the new boss as it was on the stock one, or spend double what you did to get a boss kit suitable to use on HICAS car.

The steering angle sensor isn't mounted to the boss, it's mounted to the column and has a pair of prongs that poke into the boss. If the boss doesn't have provisions for these prongs the sensor will not turn with the wheel. That being said, when I tried to put a non-hicas boss on it clamped up so tight that the wheel wouldn't turn..

ok well the boss kit is a gktech one, its worked fine on other 32s im assuming its just cos i didnt connect the other cable...

ill have a crack tomorrow n let u know how it goes

thanks for all the input

oh and btw i put the stock wheel back on and walla power steering... goes to show even machanics have no fkn idea wat they are talking about.

yeah the gk one is a "ON-07"

i think i need a "ON-110" that is equiped for hicas model cars?

didnt work

how much are HKB? never heard of them.. are they china as well or jap?

Edited by DjeMz
yyeah the gk one is a "ON-07"

i think i need a "ON-110" that is equiped for hicas model cars?

didnt work

how much are HKB? never heard of them.. are they china as well or jap?

There's an installation guide for people using these boss kits with hicas equipped cars here:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/In...l&hl=gktech

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