Tension rod mounts worn out - please help!

[camaro-guy]

TJC1969,

               The knowledge here is amazing! Finding pictures or examples of these cups was very difficult. Once I had gotten all my answers from everyone here, I ended up cutting out a section and welding in a new section with a hole already pre-drilled. I then used the cups I found laying in my garage. The cups had to come off my first generation Camaro (1967-1969) or off my sons 67 Chevelle. They were almost perfect circumferance wise and just required the hole in the center to be drilled out to the proper size. I welded them in place and reassembled. The car has been on the road for a couple of years now. No problems whatsoever. Since the car is a daily driver for my son, I did not want to take a chance of one of those bars snapping, so we went with rubber on both sides. I hope this helps. I will look for more pictures to post.

Camaro-guy

[mailnome]

When I bought my ZX it came with a uninstalled poly kit. At some point I decided to put the tension rod bushings in and then snapped one of them a little after.

The rod could have been failing or maybe I over tighten them. Not sure, but not a fun thing to have break on you. Makes braking very interesting!


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[Zed Head]

I had one break with the hard PU on the back and realized that the bushing on the back restricts the motion of the tip of the rod as the rod itself moves up and down with the control arm.  This puts a big load on the stress riser at the bottom of the threads and causes the metal to fatigue and break.

The rubber bushing is actually formed so that it allows a wide range of motion, up and down and sideways, of the rod but still controls fore and aft motion.

[siteunseen]

A little late maybe but you all do know those nuts on the T/C rod's cup ends are one use. I found that out the hard way. They may not come loose the 2nd time around but mine did. Luckily it happened backing up my driveway so I got lucky I guess?

[280ZT]

I know this post has been sleeping for a while, but I fabricated some of these bushing seats/ mounts for my own restorations.  I made extra.  If anyone is ever in need, shoot me a message.

[Linda Todd]

I need 4 of these. Available?

 

[280ZT]

7 minutes ago, Linda Todd said:

I need 4 of these. Available?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/255642138830

 

[camaro-guy]

18 minutes ago, Linda Todd said:

I need 4 of these. Available?

 

I used 4 inner fender well cup washers from a 1967 Chevelle for my sons 280z 2+2. They are widely available all over the internet. You will need to make the center hole larger.

https://www.classicindustries.com/product/f14111.html