What's Wrong with this Picture?

[HappyZ]

Here's something to lighten your day.  Until I bought a second 1971 240Z and had the two of them side-by-side, I may not have spotted it.  I know you more seasoned Zed Heads will get it.

[ConVerTT]

Haha!  ???

So is that on the white car or the red one ?

[HappyZ]

haha...it's the red one.  It's been on jack stands for awhile.  I removed the half shaft from one side.  Being new to Zeds, I thought I'd do one side at a time.

Ok @ConVerTT what's wrong with the pic? ?

[ConVerTT]

Arms are backwards?  Channel should face upwards.  
 

My question would be are they just upside down or are they reversed right-left?

Edited May 1, 2020 by ConVerTT

[wheee!]

Half shaft oriented the wrong way...

[ConVerTT]

4 minutes ago, wheee! said:

Half shaft oriented the wrong way...

Doh ?‍♂️?‍♂️?‍♂️

Edited May 1, 2020 by ConVerTT

[HappyZ]

Correct on the half shaft.   @ConVerTT had me thinking about the control arms, but FSM shows them to be correct.  To be honest, I didn't know that they were the same arm, but flipped for the left side.

[Captain Obvious]

53 minutes ago, ConVerTT said:

Arms are backwards?  Channel should face upwards.  
 

My question would be are they just upside down or are they reversed right-left?

Nope. Both rear arms are made the same. On one side, the channels face up and on the other side, they face down.

[Captain Obvious]

So about the half shafts... Functionally, does it really matter which way they go on?

I mean, they've got U-joints at both ends, and the elongation/compression joint shouldn't care. I'm going to keep putting them on the right way, but is there are reason it really matters?

[ConVerTT]

1 minute ago, wadelester said:

@ConVerTTI didn't know that they were the same arm, but flipped for the left side.

me neither I guess ??

[Captain Obvious]

I didn't either until I started frequenting this place.

[HappyZ]

@Captain Obvious I was wondering about the half shaft too, but I'll flip it around.  It's a good physics question for sure.

Edited May 1, 2020 by wadelester