Suspension & Steering
Post your questions and answers about these major components of the Zcar and anything related.
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Re-doing rear control arms. The outer bushings (Hyperflex) are ~ 2mm too thick. The hub assembly does not fit between them. The last time I did this I had to sand the bushings. I did read after that some freeze the bushings before installation but 2mm seems like a lot of "shrinkage" (George?). Anyway can anyone vouch for the freezing trick or is there something else that is easier?
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Help with ball joint installation. Anyone have pics installation tips for how too on the topic:rolleyes:
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The guy at the local auto store said gear oil. Would he be right? Sorry if this question was asked before, pretty silly I know but I searched and didnt find an answer and don't have access to the FSM right now. Also, there's quite a bit of grease in the rack boots, am I going to need to replace seals or is this normal? Sorry for such noobish questions.
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I see weld-in camber plates for my 71. I also see where welding in strut towers where plates go is not a good ( strong ) place to weld because of layers of metal. should I weld camber plates in or not? any opinions. thank you, timsz.
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I thought I saw somewhere that with lowering springs you didn't need a strut spring compressor. I can't get the strut mount to compress enough to get the lock nut started on the strut shaft. Also my new strut boots included these new yellow bumpers. I installed them on the new boots as instructed on the strut boot box but didn't recall seeing any sort of bumper or bump stop when I took the suspension all apart last month. Should this be installed? I thought originally I saw a zip tie holding the boot to the spring cap?
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It would seem to be the case, but I want to make sure. Anyone?
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After years of pondering how to do this on my 78 Z, I have finally come to the conclusion that I will work on the suspension myself. Cost has been the main issue, so that will obviously not be so much a factor. I'm planning on replacing my old worn KYB struts with Tokiko HPs and also the stock springs with Turn 6 performance springs. Turn 6 is barely ever mentioned as I believe they haven't made springs for Zs in years. They were handed down to me by a friend who drove a 240. From my understanding they will be slightly stiffer than the stock ones and lower the car by an inch....Nothing too drastic I assume. I'm going to purchase a set of spring compressors and a dec…
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I recently rebuilt the front end on my 1971 240-Z (bushings, ball joints, tie rod ends, rack boots, etc.). I purchased a set of tie rod ends from Rock Auto and installed them with the rest of the new parts. I counted the turns coming off and replicated that in reverse when installing the new tie rods. After lowing the car off the jack stands I noticed the ties were severely towed out. It was vary obvious to the eye. My assumption at that point was that the tie rods may have been a slightly different length so counting the turns may not have provided a "close" measurement. Next step was taking the car to my local alignment shop to have them set it to spec. Later in the day…
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Hey guys, I have a '74 260Z that I've been working on for close to a year now. I've just been tinkering with the L26, even though it's shot. Anyways, if it makes much difference, there's gonna be an L28ET in there instead. I want to convert it to PS. Is it basically a swap from the 280ZX or am I gonna have to fabricate parts and cut holes and stuff... Thanks for the help!
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hey all , thank for all the tips ! I tore down the front end as planned and discovered that my ball joints were loose as I thought '' comes from late nites and a few molson Canadians . brought the b\joints to 55 ft lbs and then went through everything else including new wheel bearings and liners , new brake pads and bleeding the M\C and front brake lines. As well went to the front end specialty shop and had them re-balance the tires and do a alignment . They determined that the right rear wheel has a slight bend which can be repaired and the also suggested that I try to find adjustable t\c rods so they could set the castor . Not sure if those type of T|C rods are availab…
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Everyone: I took apart a rusty sad example of a 73 the other day, and found what appear to be a decent set of Bilstein strut inserts waiting to be rescued. Part numbers are P 30 061 (front) in green and P 30 062 (rear) in yellow. The posts on Bilstein shocks for Z's are far and few between, but they seem (ed) well regarded. And as far as Bilstein themselves, they seem to be long since NLA from them. Their action feels smooth in both directions, nice and firm, there is no signs of rust or abuse, the strut gland nuts are clean and came out easily. There, that's everything nice about them that means absolutely nothing about how they might perform when actually in …
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The previous owner put these flares on, not me.. I think he cut the fenders out to far, the wheel gap is HUGE. I don't want to get bigger wheels because i enjoy the ones i have, but i'm wondering if there is a spring that will lower the car down about 1.5-2'' to make up this gap.
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