Guest Anonymous Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Yes I have a 77 280Z stock R200 underneath, rear end has seen lots of torque and hard launches. The halfshafts are in great shape, everything visually seems fine. But is you look at the car from the rear both rear tires have excessive positive camber, and excessive toe "in" the right a little more than the left. The camber I believe is directly related to ride height so coil-over would fix that I presume, but what would cause the toe in problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Worn bushings can cause that. Or crash damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Which bushings should be the main culpret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Drewz Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Also be aware that the Z right rears had some extra toe built in from the factory to help with the forces at work under power. I agree with Mike C and if you don't have the Urethane bushing I would do a master kit. The lower control arm inner and out bushings usually sieze or get excessive play. Also check the upper mount?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 The toe and camber problems are severe enough to feather edge Quik Times (Hooisers). And wear them out on the outter half leave half good tread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted February 12, 2003 Share Posted February 12, 2003 Get a set of Mike Kelly's adjustable rear control arms and take it to an alignment shop for a rear wheel alignment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 I wish that were an option, but I think we can "Say goodnight" to Mike Kelly's rear control arms... John Williams hasn't come through for me, so I'll be calling him this week to get the arm shipped back. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zline Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Ross is picking up where Mike left off look for adjustable arms from modern motorsports soon i hope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimZ Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Also be aware that the Z right rears had some extra toe built in from the factory to help with the forces at work under power. Are you sure about that? The right and left control arms are interchangeable, and I don't think that they built any extra toe into the hubs. The rear toe needs to be balanced right to left, or the car will dog-track. To answer the question about which bushings to replace - the ones on the rear suspension. All of them. Sounds like a smart-ass answer, but it is the answer nonetheless. As others have mentioned, I'd just get the master kit and do the whole thing. If the rears are shot, the rest probably are, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zline Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 yeah and while you're at it..... be careful about that bro -- do what you need to quick before you start thinking!! once parts come down...."while you're at it itis" kicks in and all hell breaks loose on the wallet. http://www.suspension.com/nissancars.htm for the bushing kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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