Miles Posted September 18, 2005 Share Posted September 18, 2005 What is the correct orientation for the front strut mounting bearing? It is located under the strut mounting insulator. Does the open face of the bearing face up or down? On the rear suspension there is a spacer that goes under the strut mounting insulator. This spacer is missing on both of my 240Zs. I am debating if the spacer was lost over the years or is ok to to just leave it out. Thanks Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srgunz Posted September 19, 2005 Share Posted September 19, 2005 I have had the fronts apart several times and I cannot even remember the orientation of the bearing. On the rear there is a hard rubber spacer. MSA sells them. I accidently left mine out when replacing springs and had a lot of noise over bumps. I could not figure out why until I saw the spacers in my tool box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted September 19, 2005 Author Share Posted September 19, 2005 The missing spacers must explain the noise I hear from the rear strut tower area going over bumps. I ordered the spacers from MSA and will install them this time. Thanks Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here comes trouble Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 on the front there is the large strut mounting insulator followed by a thrust bearing and then a rubber bumper....and the rear should be the same order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzzzzzz Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 I just did mine and ran into the same problem. As I recall it was easy to figure out by looking a wear patterns in the mating pieces. I beleive the open face goes down. Correct me if I'm wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdawson Posted September 20, 2005 Share Posted September 20, 2005 Check Blue's site. Pictures and all. http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/suspension/tokicoupgrade/tokicoinstallfront.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 Perfect. Thanks for the pictures. Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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