280Z Turbo Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I just pulled off my tension rods to swap the rear compression rod bushings from poly back to rubber and I found this One of the cups for the bushings are missing on both sides and there's a big hole in the driver's side. Would this issue cause the car to handle worse? I didn't feel any looseness or instability before, but the car never felt very precise to me. The old poly bushings didn't show any evidence that they were moving, but they could have been for all I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 It's been a while, but I thought there was only a cup on the front side, and not on the back. I think that driver's side would definitely cause a vague or wiggly feeling under braking, and the car probably wouldn't track too well on bumpy roads. Should be pretty easy to fix though, just weld a new piece of metal in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 It's been a while, but I thought there was only a cup on the front side, and not on the back. I think that driver's side would definitely cause a vague or wiggly feeling under braking, and the car probably wouldn't track too well on bumpy roads. Should be pretty easy to fix though, just weld a new piece of metal in.I just checked my 280Z, and there's cups on both sides. In the first picture, you can kind of see where the cup was attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Z Turbo Posted July 13, 2008 Author Share Posted July 13, 2008 I think I might weld on some sheet metal onto the back and use some exhaust pipe to replace the cups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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