Changed To Am Steering Wheel, Hicas Light On

[JVP]

hey dudez.

Just fitted an Aftermarket Steering wheel for my r32 gtst.

The boss kit IS HICAS enabled, but the light seems comes on after about 10-15km of driving.

how do i get rid of this? has it been installed in-correctly?

all the wires have been put in the right place.

im gonna have another crack tmrw, becoz it isnt straight, so ill have another tinkle.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks

jarryd

[RB30-POWER]

im guessing the bosskit will have to be dead straight, otherwise it will think your turning, its probably throwing a code after a time period as it knows something is wrong. (can't be constantly going round a corner...)

[JVP]

im guessing the bosskit will have to be dead straight, otherwise it will think your turning, its probably throwing a code after a time period as it knows something is wrong. (can't be constantly going round a corner...)

yeh, ill try that.

it isnt straight, so ill try get it off and put it on straight.

cheers mate

[Godzilla32]

Thats my initial guess too. let us know how you went.

Edited December 6, 2006 by Godzilla32

[cowie165]

Dude it sounds like the wrong boss kit. If you try to straighten it and it doesn't work, you'll need to swap the boss.

The usual problem is using the ON-110 when you need the ON-115 or vice versa. It is because the HICAS lugs are in different places on early (pre -92ish) and late R32s.

Keen to hear how you go mate

[JVP]

all the plugs and shit line up perfectly, no problems there.

my silly mate put the boss on crooked, so that could be a problem?

will have a crack on sunday and will let you guys know.

cheers

[Beer Baron]

well there are two types of R32 hicas steering angle sensor. one has the lugs in the 12 oclock and 6 oclock positions when at straight ahead (this is late model, post model change). the other has them in the 2 oclock and 8 oclock positions when the wheel is straight ahead. look at your stock wheel and see which one you have (the lug bits on the wheel are fixed). then pull your boss off and look at it. if they are different, that's your problem. when your friend fitted the wheel he would have rotated the steering angle sensor ring a bit to get it to line up with the boss. now the hicas ecu thinks you are constantly going around a corner and hence the error.

boss being on crooked would also be a problem, it depends how crooked though. A little bit wont cause hicas error, a lot might though. my guess is the wrong boss.

[cowie165]

Thanks Richard, I forgot to explain the part about the lugs. Ta.

[BH_SLO32]

well there are two types of R32 hicas steering angle sensor. one has the lugs in the 12 oclock and 6 oclock positions when at straight ahead (this is late model, post model change). the other has them in the 2 oclock and 8 oclock positions when the wheel is straight ahead. look at your stock wheel and see which one you have (the lug bits on the wheel are fixed). then pull your boss off and look at it. if they are different, that's your problem. when your friend fitted the wheel he would have rotated the steering angle sensor ring a bit to get it to line up with the boss. now the hicas ecu thinks you are constantly going around a corner and hence the error.

boss being on crooked would also be a problem, it depends how crooked though. A little bit wont cause hicas error, a lot might though. my guess is the wrong boss.

I ended up modifying the boss kit by grinding off the 2 small spots of weld that held the backing ring in place and rotated it to where it needed to be and spot welded it back in place. Problem solved.

[JVP]

still havnt done it yet lol

but the boss kit is the ON-110 type. my car is a 1990 model...

[stylin86]

hey mate my r33 does the same thing drive for about 15km an then the light comes on so if you find out the problem ill see if i can fix mine.

[Godzilla32]

Mine is exactly the same, wheel was off to one side too..

[Ronin 09]

so which boss do i need for an early (91) model??

[cowie165]

so which boss do i need for an early (91) model??

Marcus from memory it should be ON-110 for early models and ON-115 for late models. You just need to make sure the lugs line up. I don't know when the changeover year is - I think the hkbsports website is using Heisei year instead.

Try your babelfish/translator on http://www.hkbsports.com/product/boss/nissan/nissan.html

Enjoy!