Hey ya'll,
Just thought I'd share a recent experience that will hopefully avoid at least one person some trouble in the future.
I just moved from Tampa, Fl to Waynesboro, VA. In order to get my Z up here, I unfortunately had to tow it. (U-haul didn't think my v6 Nissan Frontier truck could pull their auto transporter) Well... I checked the Z every time I stopped... just to make sure all looked ok. Half way up to VA, I noticed the right-front wheel looked oddly close to the fender well. I then saw that the tension compression rod had somehow come out of where it mounts to the frame. I have no idea how in the world the nut worked itself off of the rod, but it did. It kinda ticks me off that Nissan didn't think to at least put a cotter pin at the end of the threads. I'm amazed that it hadn't come off some other time... like when I'd last driven it in Florida. Sheesh. Also, a question to the gurus in the community: Would a loose or loosening nut on the T/C rod cause bad vibration under braking? I'm wondering if that nut has been working it's way off for a long time. I have new rotors, calipers, tires, ect... and I hadn't figured out what was causing my bad vibration and shudder when braking... which stops immediately upon release of the break pedal. One would think rotors or something, but they're new. Anyways, my purpose of the post is to warn others about those T/C rod nuts coming loose. I put a second set of them on as a backup... plus I'll be checking them often from now on. Any help on my question also would be greatly appreciated!