I would say replacing the clock spring could be in about an hour or less, just depends on if you have the factory steering wheel and tools that you have on hand. Just make sure to take your time with everything and you will do just fine. Honestly isn't that difficult. Glad I could help out!
@@beezyrider thanks! i'm thinking it's my clock spring, my stereo controls on the steering wheel aren't working. Haven't had anything else yet *shrugs*
@@JoseMartinez-cr8tz mine is a base model 04 so it doesn’t have the vcd and slip so I didn’t have any issues. I’m not sure if the one that I installed allows for the angle sensor to be swapped over.
Did you replace the steering angle sensor that is on the back of the clockspring? That is the part that is swapped over form the old spring to the new one.
Here is something I found with somebody who had the same issue. Hi All, Just wanted to post to let others know what I've found and how I've resolved the issue. It turns out that the Generic Clockspring Replacements via Ebay aren't compatible with the 350z. This is because at the rear of the Clockspring, a steering angle sensor for the Traction/Stability Control is present. The Non-Genuine Clocksprings don't physically latch into the steering angle sensor. This means if you fit a Non-Genuine Clockspring for the 350z, as it will not physically latch and turn the steering angle sensor along with the steering wheel/clockspring assembly, it will not give it a reading, which is what produced my above error codes and erratic traction/stability control behaviour. This problem was exaggerated because as the car was driving and turning from left to right, the yaw sensor was giving a reading to the Cars ECU, but the steering angle sensor was still telling the ECU that the wheels were straight ahead, tricking the ECU into thinking the car was sliding, triggering the traction control. After purchasing and fitting a used genuine Clockspring and Wheel Angle Sensor from another 350z, my issues are all resolved. I was able to prove the above as before replacing the Ebay Clockspring with a Genuine unit, via OBD Troubleshooting my Angle Sensor was reporting no values when the wheel was turned from left to right. The car now drives without issues. If anyone wants the name of the Software and Cable I used to troubleshoot and reset my steering angle sensor, It's called Nissan Datascan II and I used a VAGCOM KKL Cable 409.1 to connect to the car via OBD. Once I had put the Genuine replacement part and performed the same test via OBD Troubleshooting, the Angle Sensor reported the correct values.
BeezyRider went to a mechanic and they told me the code was “steering angle sensor circuit” not sure if I need another clock spring or I didn’t do something right when installing ti
I would double check to make sure that everything is plugged into it properly and that it was installed at the 12 o clock position when placing it back to the hub. It could also need to be reset after you check everything.
