Mika

sooo i get this really loud *** grind in my suspension when i make a fairly sharp left turn and today my dad and i jacked up the car and took a look, now neither one of us is an expert car mechanic but we think we found the problem, he also said looks like we could replace it fairly easily but we need some booklet (sorry the name has slipped my mind)
wat do u guys think?

tenzenk

what's the problem? what needs to be replaced? I dont think that caliper bolt is rubbing anything.

Mika

dad says he thinks that that's a bearing thats broken and it should be straightly aligned...but as i said were no experts, so i came here

wikd240

here is a link for the fsm or the booklet thing you were talking about... it is a little way down under s14
http://www.zeroyon.com/index/content/view/24/47/

AAV240sx

Looks like a oozing oem TC rod bushing needs to be replaced. I replaced mine a while ago. It's really easy to replace if you got a press.

CowboyTurbo

yeh ur going to need mechanic tools to get that out or else it's going to suck

Mika

well i had it towed to my moms mechanic friend, hopefully its not gonna cost too much and i hope i can get myc ar back soon

needa240

shouldn't be over 100 bucks. That is easy to replace with the right tools.

no more than 1 hour.

naptime

Tc rods. It is a 10yr old car. let us know how easy the fix was

Mika

guy said it was the wheel bearing, cost me 150, im waiting to go pick upt he car soon and we'll see how it goes from there

Mika

NO MORE GRINDING !

aay

You might still want to get the TC rod/bushing changed even if the grinding noises are gone. A worn bushing like that leads to knocks when turning at full lock and makes for weird feeling steering at highway speeds.

Unfortunately, Nissan does not sell bushings seperately, but the entire tension rod is available from them. I paid $55 for mine. If you have access to a press, you can buy a set of replacement bushings for the cost of one new tension rod...

The rod itself is pretty easy to remove - it's held in place by three bolts.

2forties

Does the energy suspension contain replacment tension rod bushings in there kit?

kang128

yes it does