Suspension & Steering
Post your questions and answers about these major components of the Zcar and anything related.
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I seem to notice quite a bit of front end vibration on my 72 240z. Normally I would think wheels are out of balance, but usually this is only noticable high speeds, and I notice my vibration at most all speeds. I plan on eventually, when I get some more money, to replace the entire suspension. I'm wondering the way to go? I want full raceing, but still streetable suspension system. I dont care about ride confort either. I want all poly suspension bushings also. Solid where possible even, like the diff. mount. Can I get solid transmission and engine mounts also? What else would you reccomend? I want something like drag launch springs, where the weight it shifted to the rea…
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No, this is not some new dance routine . Occasionally i have trouble selecting 1st gear (Grind) as well as reverse (Clunk or Grind). Whats up?? I dont have a leaky Clutch Master cylinder, or at least I cant see any visible leaks. Is it just a case of adjusting my clutch pedal? What else should i look at?? Can someone breifly go through some steps please. Its my 73 240Z. Many thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Anyone of you UK bods know of a good classic car insurance agent?
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Hey Just today i've installed another R200 into my 76 as the last lost the holding pin and cacked itself, this new one has around 1/4 turn drive pinion slackness, and makes a loud noise when pressing the accelerator, is there any way to adjust the slackness or do i have to get another diff. And i am completly sure that it is this noise, as when i turn the shaft i hear the same noise
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Can someone (anyone) please provide me with information concerning the benefits of a "solid differential mount"? My 240Z (series one model) stock rubber differential mount is in need of replacement, again! Replacing a differential mount after only serving seven months doesn't seem reasonable, or the least bit appealing. An R200 upgrade from my R180, as some have suggested, doesn't seem necessary, nor a cure (the extra weight wouldn't be welcomed either). Besides, it's not as if I ran a 300hp, L28, stroker-torquer. I favor a road-race setup so I kept the L24-E31 to maintain higher revs. and carefully trimmed fat where I could. My stiff-lowering springs, after market fi…
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Back in the day, (can't believe I just said that) I took a few pictures of my rear suspension project. Removing the rear cross-member pins and bushings is the BIGGEST PAIN IN THE @#$ project ever attempted by a human. What did I end up doing? I removed the left pin easily... no big deal. The right side was a problem child. It didn't want to obey and come out of it's resting place of (oh) 30 years. It was seized. Many hours of pounding that pin (and contemplating if I should save the threads on the pin or not), I finally got it out. Pin was ruined. The stock bushings don't come out. In fact, there is an inner metal sleeve as well as an OUTER metal sleeve. What d…
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Todays effort now mostly complete. I still need to rework the lines a little.
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My 1973 z doesn't have dust boots on the cartridges. Are they necessary? Also, the previous owner lowered the car and I noticed excessive wear on the inside of both front tires. Will a set of bump steer spacers help this situation? Thanks, Vic. tanny@frontier.net
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Anyone know a good place to get some Koni strut cartriges... All I can find are Tokico's . If not, are the Tokico's as good as the Koni's?..
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My rear thunks on acceleration or just going from reverse to forward. I don't drive this car roughly either. I have replaced all the bushings in the car with poly. I have new u-joints. Have taken the half shafts apart and cleaned and re-lubed the splines etc. I have a new differential mount. New shocks/springs. Every thing is new and tight except the differential itself and the strap that goes over the top. I think the Z just clunks. Good luck.
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I just got my Z back after having it stored for several years. I now notice a thump in the rear end under moderate acceleration. I know the first thing that comes to mind is the insulation, and believe me I have not discounted it as the culprit. However: it seems to be fine, the u-joints in the drive shaft and axles dont have any slack either. Mustache bar bushings seem to have slight wear. My problem is that I think the slack is in the rear end diff. itself. I have never had one go bad, but it seems to have quite a bit a slack. :sick: Does anyone know how much is normal? Also does anyone know of any website that lists the gear ratio's and what year models had what rear …
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Hi all, I wanted to change my moustache bar bushings to MSA's Urethane ones. I took the bar to a shop secialised on drivetrains to push the old bushings out, what they did. Back home I put the new bushings in but the didn' fit snug. Is there also an outer sleeve between the bushing and the moustache bar's "open eye" ? If yes, the shop pressed it out, too and I need a new pair. Has anyone a pair or does any one know a source or has anyone of you the exact measures of that sleeve and it's kind of metal so that I can try to find a similar tube/pipe so that iI can ask someone here to fabricate it for me. Thanks Rolf
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