The passenger side front speed sensor broke when I was getting the springs installed on my 99 Q45 T. My question is is there a sensor that will work from another nissan/infiniti vehicle or do I have to get the one specifically for the Q. Also the front springs are making a boing sound going over bumps. Is that normal with the tein springs? I also replaced all of the struts on the car at the same time. The mechanic is saying it almost seems like the springs are over lapping themselves when they get compressed. And thought or ideas? Anyone have simular problems?
R.K.
Speed Sensor broke on spring install
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Falkdesigns
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I don't know about the speed sensor. As far as the boing thing, I've never heard any sounds from my suspension at all, even when I rode the Teins on blown stock shocks for 6 months. Never heard this from any of the other guys I sold them to either. Are you sure they seated them on there correctly? I know there's no way they could mix the front and rears so that's not a possibility, any more details on the sound?
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It only happens on big bumps. It sound like one of those big rubbermaid garbage cans when the rubber gets pushed in and then it pops out and makes that "pop" noise.
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Also my alignment specs for the fronts are -1.75 camber and the rears are -2.75. Is that about the same as yours Kevin?
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Ideal camber for a Michelin or other performance tire used on the highway exclusively should be 0.5-0.7 degrees negative front and 1.1-1.5 degrees negative on the rear.
Whenever you lower you need to shim/correct camber and correct the steering rack tie rod to hub angle to return to as designed ackerman and other steering angles.................special custom made tie rod ends [extensions spacers to drop the rods to parallel to ground].
"Bump-steer is a change in toe* angle caused by the suspension moving up or down. Bump-steer is built into the geometry of the suspension and steering system, and has nothing to do with turning the steering wheel. The effect of bump-steer is for the wheel to toe-in or toe-out when the suspension moves up or down. This toe change or "steering" occurs any time the suspension moves, whether it is from body roll, brake-dive, or hitting a bump in the road. Bump steer is undesirable because the suspension is steering the car instead of the driver"
Whenever you lower you need to shim/correct camber and correct the steering rack tie rod to hub angle to return to as designed ackerman and other steering angles.................special custom made tie rod ends [extensions spacers to drop the rods to parallel to ground].
"Bump-steer is a change in toe* angle caused by the suspension moving up or down. Bump-steer is built into the geometry of the suspension and steering system, and has nothing to do with turning the steering wheel. The effect of bump-steer is for the wheel to toe-in or toe-out when the suspension moves up or down. This toe change or "steering" occurs any time the suspension moves, whether it is from body roll, brake-dive, or hitting a bump in the road. Bump steer is undesirable because the suspension is steering the car instead of the driver"
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Unfortunately I have a 99 q45 so I can't shim anything up like the earlier q45's (1990-1996). The only way that I can adjust the camber is to get JIC coilovers but I didn't feel like spending that much money on suspension. Plus JIC has a bad rap when it comes to their coilovers so I wasn't about to take that chance. I don't get any bump steer at all but thanks for the info q45tech.Q45tech wrote:Ideal camber for a Michelin or other performance tire used on the highway exclusively should be 0.5-0.7 degrees negative front and 1.1-1.5 degrees negative on the rear.
Whenever you lower you need to shim/correct camber and correct the steering rack tie rod to hub angle to return to as designed ackerman and other steering angles.................special custom made tie rod ends [extensions spacers to drop the rods to parallel to ground].
"Bump-steer is a change in toe* angle caused by the suspension moving up or down. Bump-steer is built into the geometry of the suspension and steering system, and has nothing to do with turning the steering wheel. The effect of bump-steer is for the wheel to toe-in or toe-out when the suspension moves up or down. This toe change or "steering" occurs any time the suspension moves, whether it is from body roll, brake-dive, or hitting a bump in the road. Bump steer is undesirable because the suspension is steering the car instead of the driver"
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Have you noticed any unusual tire wear on your car yet Kevin?
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Falkdesigns
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Actually, my tires have worn very evenly, when I sold the last set of wheels that were on for just over a year, the tread was excellent, with very even wear. Obviously the insides wears a little bit more, but it's hardly noticeable, I would say you can easily get 3 years on a set of tires, which is a long time IMO.
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You can probably double that time for me because of our winters up here that seem to last three quarters of the year.
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