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R33 Gtst Steering Has Become Heaps Lighter

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hey,

I jacked up and serviced my car yesterday and installed a pod filter and cold air box and put a new front/dump pipe amongst general servicing stuff. When i put the car back down and took it for a drive the steering all of a sudden became heaps lighter.

My mate and I serviced it and im pretty sure neither of us touched anything to do with the power steering as all we did was disconnect the bottle on the left of the air box to install the cold air box and pod. We did the fuel filter, oil filter, diff and gearbox oil put in the new exhaust and i cant work out why the steering got heaps lighter.

I dont have the greastest knowledge of cars so i dont know my way around the engine bay too well.The only thing i can think of that might have done anything was there was some wires unclipped down near (possibly under) the oil filter that were disconnected and i connected them back up. I have no idea if those wires had anything to do with the power steering but i figured i would ask people who have more knowledge about the subject and see if there is an answer to why the steering became lighter.

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yeah sounds pretty normal....

Thats a bit of a strange one. I thought maybe your HICAS was unplugged (somehow) before and your steering was heavier then it should have been and now is back to normal but I'd say you would have had a HICAS warning. Whats the state of your power steering oil? Maybe it had something blocking some of the flow to/from the pump and its coincedentally cleared during your service. I dunno lol it seems a bit weird that its gotten lighter when you havent touched it.....

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I think I actually preferred it a little heavier, but I guess that just because I was used to it. Im going to get a wheel alignment soon, so ill get them t have a quick look over the steering while they have it just to make sure theres nothing major going on.Does anyone else have any idea as to what might have caused the steering to go light all of a sudden?

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I'm with Bubba, sounds like you have plugged part of the steering rack etc back in.

Unplug the cable you plugged back in and see what happens.

How heavy was heavy? Was it like need two hands on the wheel all the time to turn, or just a bit firmer?

Most likely find you had the solenoid unplugged that changes PS pressure depending on speed.

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i didnt put any air in the tyres or anything like that. The steering wasnt super heavy, like you could still do it with one hand, but it was considerably heavier before. I will try unplugging the cable next time i go for a drive and see if it makes a difference.

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