HI guys n girls

 

My car has the rear HICAS eliminated.

 

I now want to remove the HICAS cylinder/controller thingy on the front inner wing

 

I understand that i need to cut the metal pipe which connects to the HICAS unit (the pipe nearest the Headlight) and then connect it directly to the rubber pipe that goes from the Fluid reservoir to the HICAS thingy.

 

There are two other pipes coming from the HICAS controller which are lower down, and disappear downwards into the engine bay. I guess these go off to the rear axle? What do I do with those two?

 

Also will all the fluid come gushing out (ooh err) and do I need to bleed the power steering once i have done all this?

 

Cheers

Rich

Working on assumption and what I do know, as I've not done this job myself yet.

 

You should have 3 pipes associated with the hicas. A feed from the rear of the powersteering pump to the hicas rear steering rack, a return from the rack to the solenoid and a return from the rack to the pas resivoir pot.

 

So to bypass it all, you should require to take the feed from pump that goes to the rack and short it to the return to the pot. This is then just cycling fluid round as a loop.

 

I would defiantly expect to loose some fluid and bleeding it only seems sensible really.

I did this on my last Zed mate.

Have a look at this thread

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?173969-hicas-delete-thingime-Bob-doo-daa

I'm going to do the same. Quick fix for now

@tomomontana

 

Yeah thanks for that thread and pic

 

I already understand I need to make the bypass by joining the rubber tube from the reservoir to the metal pipe coming ourt of the hicas controller (with the end cut off)

 

What i was asking was what do I do with the two other pipes coming from the hicas contoler and going down into the engine bay

 

The HICAS on my car is already eliminated (on the rear axle I guess)

 

Also if I need to bleed the power steering system afterwards how do I do that

 

Cheers

Rich

It will just be a redundant loop mate, so you can just trace and remove.

 

Bleeding the system is nice and easy, jack the front up nice and high, just like doing the coolant system. Cap off then roll the steering from lock to lock, bubbles will come up if there are any, I doubt there will be much if your careful. Keep topping it up as it goes down, once you think it's looking good fire up the engine and continue, the fluid level may change at this point or even froth so be watchfull, it's a job that actually is a lot easier with two of you.

Edited June 2, 201411 yr by Stephen

As z32bolt said, the other 2 pipes go down and back to the rear and these can be removed as they are no longer needed.

What hicas kit have you got fitted?