Suspension Bushing Kit - Master, 240Z, 70-73, Rubber - new

[z8987]

Is this a complete kit?

What else should I do when replacing these bushings?

My car is 70 series one, will this kit work?  

https://zcarsource.com/suspension-bushing-kit-master-240z-260z-70-74-rubber-new/

(I copied and forgot the paste, updated)

Thank you. 

 

Edited December 26, 2021 by z8987

[heyitsrama]

I don’t see a link? Can you add one? 

[heyitsrama]

@z8987 I feel like you could piece together those parts for a much cheaper rate. It looks like that "set" is just a mix of aftermarket rubber bushings, and the ones that are NLA (like the mustache bar bushings) are sources from energy suspension. Some of us dont swap the OEM mustache bar bushings because the OEM ones are hard to find, others don't mind any potential harshness added by poly.

You should look through some old threads though, your 1970 chassis might have the miss-aligned differential setup, this makes the half-shafts have an angle to them rather than siting orthogonal to the rear hubs, I don't think this changes any of the bushings though.

Here is a car parts diagram for the Z's it has the OEM part number as well. https://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978

I usually order my OEM Nissan stuff through https://www.courtesyparts.com/

If you're cool with the price on that kit, it looks complete to me. What about ball joins and tie rods? you planning to do those too? Are there other rubber grommets that are shot and need to be replaced?

[z8987]

6 minutes ago, heyitsrama said:

@z8987 I feel like you could piece together those parts for a much cheaper rate. It looks like that "set" is just a mix of aftermarket rubber bushings, and the ones that are NLA (like the mustache bar bushings) are sources from energy suspension. Some of us dont swap the OEM mustache bar bushings because the OEM ones are hard to find, others don't mind any potential harshness added by poly.

You should look through some old threads though, your 1970 chassis might have the miss-aligned differential setup, this makes the half-shafts have an angle to them rather than siting orthogonal to the rear hubs, I don't think this changes any of the bushings though.

Here is a car parts diagram for the Z's it has the OEM part number as well. https://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978

I usually order my OEM Nissan stuff through https://www.courtesyparts.com/

If you're cool with the price on that kit, it looks complete to me. What about ball joins and tie rods? you planning to do those too? Are there other rubber grommets that are shot and need to be replaced?

I'm checking into the busing for the moment.  Yes, I'll be replacing ball joints, rod ends etc.  any suggestions?  Thank you for your comments.  It is helpful.  I might look at it a little different. 

 

[z8987]

12 minutes ago, heyitsrama said:

@z8987 I feel like you could piece together those parts for a much cheaper rate. It looks like that "set" is just a mix of aftermarket rubber bushings, and the ones that are NLA (like the mustache bar bushings) are sources from energy suspension. Some of us dont swap the OEM mustache bar bushings because the OEM ones are hard to find, others don't mind any potential harshness added by poly.

You should look through some old threads though, your 1970 chassis might have the miss-aligned differential setup, this makes the half-shafts have an angle to them rather than siting orthogonal to the rear hubs, I don't think this changes any of the bushings though.

Here is a car parts diagram for the Z's it has the OEM part number as well. https://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978

I usually order my OEM Nissan stuff through https://www.courtesyparts.com/

If you're cool with the price on that kit, it looks complete to me. What about ball joins and tie rods? you planning to do those too? Are there other rubber grommets that are shot and need to be replaced?

Two of the links you provided go to Walmart, did you know that ? 

 

[heyitsrama]

@z8987 they should not be going to Walmart, they work correctly on my machine.... Do you have any web browser plugins enabled? Maybe we should ping @Mike to make sure its not a problem with the site.

For the Tie Rods I used `Moog` on the outters and `Rare Parts` for the inners. There is a gotcha here make sure the thread direction for the inner and outer match, it used to be that we could only find one thread direction for the inner, and we had to replace both tie rods sets to match. It seems like only recently parts suppliers have come out with a left/right hand thread so we can keep it how the cars came OEM. Read about it,

For balljoints I used https://whiteheadperformance.com/product/datsun-240z-260z-280z-sankei-555-ball-joint-40160-a8625/ they are very high quality, however I think Moog would be acceptable for this part as well. The ball joints rusted after I installed them, maybe hit them with some clear coat spray paint before you install them.

[z8987]

2 minutes ago, heyitsrama said:

@z8987 they should not be going to Walmart, they work correctly on my machine.... Do you have any web browser plugins enabled? Maybe we should ping @Mike to make sure its not a problem with the site.

For the Tie Rods I used `Moog` on the outters and `Rare Parts` for the inners. There is a gotcha here make sure the thread direction for the inner and outer match, it used to be that we could only find one thread direction for the inner, and we had to replace both tie rods sets to match. It seems like only recently parts suppliers have come out with a left/right hand thread so we can keep it how the cars came OEM. Read about it,

For balljoints I used https://whiteheadperformance.com/product/datsun-240z-260z-280z-sankei-555-ball-joint-40160-a8625/ they are very high quality, however I think Moog would be acceptable for this part as well. The ball joints rusted after I installed them, maybe hit them with some clear coat spray paint before you install them.

When I hover over Carparts and OEM in the post above it shows the link to walmart.com.  What do you see ? 

 

[heyitsrama]

The links can be seen in the lower left corner of the screen, I'm using Firefox with an ad-blocker. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock