Front End Refresh - oh oh

[d240zx2]

Well, heck. Driver's side LCA & TC rod is good on 721. Wish I'd have checked in here sooner...

[gnosez]

Not sure what harm you would cause by installing adjustable LCAs and TC rods. You could set them to whatever suits your driving needs and if the factory settings are what you want, then the alignment tech would just make a few turns and you're done. Time to do an alignment is reduced but I doubt you'll get a refund.

BTW, the AZ and TTT arms come with ball joints. We have the TTT arms front and rear on our 240 race car along with the TC rods. My street 240 has the TTT front arms and TC rods and AZ Z rear arms. No issues after 7,000 hard driven miles.

[Zedyone_kenobi]

Chuck you have been sent cashola.

Thanks for your generosity.

Frank, I would think your early 70 would have a different ball joint than my late 71. I remember something about that.

[cbuczesk]

Chuck you have been sent cashola.

Thanks for your generosity.

I got your payment and will pack things up tonight.

Chuck

[Zedyone_kenobi]

Do me a favor, can you roll the TC rod on a table to see if it is straight. (No disrespect intended) I thought mine was perfect until I rolled it on a flat surface. It would be heart breaking to get parts in and find out it wobbles when rolled

Sorry, I hated to ask you to do that.

[cbuczesk]

Do me a favor, can you roll the TC rod on a table to see if it is straight. (No disrespect intended) I thought mine was perfect until I rolled it on a flat surface. It would be heart breaking to get parts in and find out it wobbles when rolled

Sorry, I hated to ask you to do that.

Sure. I can do that.

Chuck

[Zed Head]

Just curious, and I've mentioned this before in another thread, but does anyone know if the TC rod was designed to be straight? I think that it's a cast piece with forged ends, or the whole thing might be forged. Designing some bend in to the rod for safety during an accident or shock absorbing ability would be reasonable. There's really no reason for it to be perfectly straight.

[LeonV]

Just curious, and I've mentioned this before in another thread, but does anyone know if the TC rod was designed to be straight? I think that it's a cast piece with forged ends, or the whole thing might be forged. Designing some bend in to the rod for safety during an accident or shock absorbing ability would be reasonable. There's really no reason for it to be perfectly straight.

As long as the bend is "small" and doesn't affect caster.

[Zed Head]

I'm talking about curvature that is designed in to the rod by the Nissan engineers. The rods seem pretty stout and it doesn't seem that they would bend in use. Placing a jack under it or bumping a rock or log might do it, but the loads in use are lengthwise.

[zKars]

I hardly wait to get home and test my spare T/C rods for straightness! What if they are all "bent" exactly the same amount and in the same orientation?

I'm willing to bet you can jack up on these all day long and, how shall I say this, not bend them any differently or "more" than they are bent now?

Now if they do have a factory curvature, it would have to be in the horizontal plane (when mounted), since they are not "left and right" designated. Or would it not matter if one was bowed "up" and the other bowed "down" when mounted? So much to consider, so little time....

[John Coffey]

The TC rods should be straight. And yes, they bend fairly easily from tire impacts on hard things.

[cbuczesk]

I grabbed a TC rod for Zedyone and it is straight. I have the LCA too. I'll get 'em boxed up.

Chuck