Sources for AHC Accumulator Globes
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I have turned T bars several turns ever so often to help keep pressures correct. I just turned them again several times with about 3-4 threads left on each side. Both sensors are the same in low on the sliding bracket. The pressures were 6.7 front, 6.9 rear and accumlator always at 10.6. The DS stays about .5-.75" lower in front and rear.
Then you just have to continue turning the DS until you have the same physical height on both sides. The AHC will not do anything for a L/R lean.
The AHC will adjust the front height until the average between the 2 sensors are zero.
After that you have to adjust the sensors until TechStream reports about zero for both of them, and at the same time keeping an eye on that the physical height is within specs, as the ahc will keep adjusting as you move the zero.
I have not heard anyone complain about their impex globes with failure unless they had not properly managed their pressures in tech stream and height of car in front and back was off. That will wear out even new globes and battering rams/ struts faster because pressures need to be in line. I assume yours are? If haven’t checked check them. Your issue could have been that all along and not the globes from impex. I’ve ordered brand new original control arms to hub assemblies to bearings to many other parts like brake lines etc from impex, no way those are fake.
Check the Abcs of AHC YouTube video by yota Md if you haven’t done the proper testing of ahc system via tech stream and the measuring of ur fender to center hubs of all wheels to make sure they are at measurements they are supposed to be. If they aren’t you need to do turns on the torsion bars under the car to get them to right height. It doesn’t raise the vehicle or lower it but fixes cross tilt which brings hub to fender heights in line with specs and thus also fixes pressure readings for front and back. Globes are one part of the bigger system and if rest of system is off your globes die faster.
I have 1999 LX470 with original date stamped 12/1998 globes still running for 300 k miles because pressured have even kept in line via tech stream and fluid changed over the years. Same exact battering rams from 12/1998 factory also. Fender to center of hub measurements dead on to what is called for. If you find your’s aren’t you need to adjust your torsion bars to do that and take pressure off globes and struts and instead put pressure on ur torsion bars.
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Bottom picture looks like the ones I recently received from Impex Japan.