SHADY280

O.k. Guys, Time For A Little Trivia For Our Very Bright Moderators, Lets See If We Can Stump Them With Z Related Trivia. Dont Ask Stupid Questions, Just Hard Ones. Its A New Thing Im Trying To Start, So Here I Go.

When Installing The Rear Half Shaft U-joints, Which Way Should The Ends Go To Keep Them Balanced Properly? And How Should The Grease Nipples Be Oreinted? They Can Go Multiple Combos, But Only One Is Correct.

Bleach

The Ujoints should go in the trash any side up.
Then you install CV halfshafts. At that point, the nipple placement is irrelavant.

ok, so I dont' know. I've never had to change out the Ujoints. My 280ZX has CV axels and on all my other Z's I haven't done this kind of work.

CanyonCarver

Here's one that Bleach oughta know...... so maybe he let someone else come up with the answer........

One type of Datsun vehicle had a unique type of suspension set-up. It was very adjustable in one way..... but very un-adjustable in all othe wayZ.

Any ideas?

Edit: My Z has CV joints on the outboard endz, and U-joints on the inboard endz. The 280's are different?

SHADY280

Dont Forget All You Moderators, This Is Open To All Of You Z Genius'

Bleach

I can't think of any Datsuns with a factory adjustable suspension... at least not anything unique. All trucks use torsion bars which are common. You can adjust your ride height in the front. The 2nd Gen Nissan Maxima had adjustable shocks but that's definatly a Nissan.

Either the other mods aren't reading this thread or they're too proud to say they dont' know...

entropy31

ok, i'll admit, i have no idea. how about a little more info to help us along. this was a production car, not a concept, right?

CanyonCarver

It was the torsion bars. they still use them? I thought it was unique cuz I hadn't heard of them being used on any other vehicles in recent years.

SHADY280

Most Trucks Do Use Torsion Bars, Especially Chevy, 510 Bre Edition I Believe Came With Adjustible Suspension. As For The U Joint Question - The Yolks Should 90 Degress To Each Other When Rebuilding The Sliders For Proper Balancing, If You Dont Itll Shake Away That U-joint You Just Put In. The Grease Nipples Should Go Opposite Of Each Other For Ease Of Greasing When The Car Is In The Air

Bleach

Torsion bars? I consider those things the MOST common suspension component ever. The Nissan trucks used them from 1959-2001? If not the Frontier, then through 1997. Also, the trucks from 1986 and older have shims under the upper a-arm spindle. You can shim the spindle to add negative camber to the wheel. Its another way to adjust it, but not really nessisary when lowering the truck. What you want is less negative camber to straighten the wheel out. The Hardbody trucks put the spindle mount on the other side of the shock support so you could shim it outward and add positive camber. Very nice.

NISMO makes torsion bars for the older 521/620/720 that are 20% more stiff so you can install those, lower your truck but have slightly more solid ride like our stiffer drop springs in the Z's.

what I'd like to find is a thicker front sway bar that fits the width of the 620 truck. I always wondered if an aftermarket 510 front bar would work...