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Went to start car this morning and the Hi-Cas light stayed on , tried to pull away and could hardly move the steering wheel - not as tough as no power steering but still too stiff to drive safely .

Over the last month the Hi-as light would flick on and off occasionally , mainly with pot holes and rough road surfaces , on a slow hard right turn the steering wheel would jolt and the Hi-Cas light come on the go off and all was OK .

The rear arms and ball joints are new and fluid level ok , there are no oil patches under car and no leaks anywhere . It was tracked months ago BUT under hard right foot the car wants to pull out of a straight line , and launching it just wants to go sideways .

Any suggestions or knowledge ( links on this site _ have looked but nothing so far )

this is my daily drive and am stuffed till I get it sorted . Cheers

I would rather keep the Hi-Cas as i like it ..

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Under hard right foot, you are probably getting "torque steer", generally caused by uneven length half-shafts. It is probably unrelated to your main problem.

When you say "fluid level ok", which fluid are you talking about - ATTESSA fluid in the RR boot, or P/S fluid. (R32s use the P/S system for HICAS).

You shouldn't have problems as a daily drive, just don't "launch it" and it won't try and step sideways!

to keep it, youre going to be paying a fair bit.

What are your reasons for wanting to keep it?

I would remove and see how that affects it.

I have mine removed, and sometimes get heavy steering due to a fuse that blows.

still havnt worked out the base issue.

getting there ,

defiantly not messing with actual spring ! in steering wheel sensor !!

got a consult on it today , and , the steering angle was all out of line , the steering joint that connects the rack to the column looks new so was possibly replaced in the wrong spline ( Hicas boss Fitted but would not align 100% ) explains why the beast wants to power off into the woods ! , like torque steer but 100 times worse .

a wire in the fuse block had worked its way out of the rear ( no surprise with all the cutting and feeding off of other wires (( all gone now )) pain in the arse ) and was causing an intermittent fuse fault ! ( eventually blowing and leaving the Hicas light on permanently ) this was found as the consult was found to power off !! the Hicas light with its power feed when it was plugged in !
So you could say all faults down to a fuse but tjhere was a bit more behind it .

a 4mm pipe was off the black plastic canister next to the rad ( near side ) .

the steering angle is still left 39 and not zero ( will sort at the weekend )( angle goes up to 500 odd ) but the difference on full 400 is amazing !! could almost take hands of the wheel and boot it < worth the hours just for that !!

to keep it, youre going to be paying a fair bit.

What are your reasons for wanting to keep it?

I would remove and see how that affects it.

I have mine removed, and sometimes get heavy steering due to a fuse that blows.

still havnt worked out the base issue.

I like Hicas , when it works it makes life easier in the bends and you can be a bit more aggressive , besides I dont mind `the feeling` others seem not to like , I have yet to get it onto a track and see what the fuss is about !

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