240-4-me

Bought the 93 240 coupe, but wasn't able to test drive it hard because of engine trouble. Had a total timing chain - engine front rebuild done. new tires were mounted while the car was still on jacks stands undergoing it's heart surgery. Engine and tranny work very well! Went and had an alignment done, shop said they checked everything and could correct a slight left drift. But now I have a very noticeable front end vibration above 45 mph. I took it back to the shop now they say I have worn out tie rods ends after they've already checked it once. Not sure I trust them! I'm going to have the tires rebalanced first. Anything you might recommend checking? car has 150K and basically runs well
Thanks,
KFG

swannjay

240sx has a sealed chassis meaning there aren't any greased fittings on it. All joints are bushings. Replace the tension rod bushings or get some new ones with ball joints. Feel around the tie rod ends. Any grease? busted. get new ends. get them now or just upgrade to some Teins.

1viaDRFT

I just busted my tie rod ends and my friend is about to bust his too (93) mine is a 92 so i think you better check it out

240-4-me

Easy job half hour replacing both outer tie rod ends. That fix took out about 90% of the vibration I was getting. Both tie rod ends had the rubber boot completely ripped off and the joints were dried out and rusted. I looked at the tension rods and the rubber bushings have some sizable cracks. How difficult is it to remove the rods and get new bushings pressed in? Thanks to all for the alert about the tie rod ends.
KFG

ArticDragon

Just get some new aftermarket pillowball Tension Rods. Raine, Incertain, and I are getting some. I suggest you do the same. It'll save you the hassle of dealing with bushings. Not to mention that they're adjustable.

l2aine

HEY HEY HEY everyone we can get a deal on some aftermarket pillowball mounts if there's at least 5 people buying... I don't know if I'll post it in the group buy thread since I'm not a vendor, but if you're interested in a set of adjustable pillowball tension rods for about $100 a pair, email me at itsRaine@hotmail.com and I'll get something together for us.

Arctic, don't email me. I already know you ROFL

ArticDragon

Haha, I wasn't going to. but seriously, people get in on this deal. Cheaper pillowball tension rods own, lol!

E-spec240

I have the same problem w/ my steering...it shakes and then when I slow down, the front end vibrates. I will 1st replace the bushings and then work on tie rods, pillow ball joint, etc.

My question is....How much for a set of bushings? and ones that are better than stock?

sr20det power

so many tempting things, i would jump on the offer but first things first im saving for my swap

l2aine

Oh - forget the group buy tension rod thing for now... the seller is flakey as f*ck and I'm sick of dealing with them. I'll try to get something going elsewhere... so start saving up that $

ArticDragon

Aww dammit!

Texas240

hey, it should handle before it makes power!
Tien pillowball tension control rods replace your regular 440 steel tension control rods w/ carbon steel & a pillowball instead of the doughnut-shaped bushing that's spongy as crap even if it is good!
As for how much work it is? pdm racing has installs of their poli bushings on their website, i woudln't recomend poli bushings at least in the tc control rods b/c they're too hard & tend to break control arms, but they do sell a stock bushing kit that has every bushing in the whole car... nice. so if you wanna see the tear-down & build up well layed out, i'd go to their install section

l2aine

hey she's back...

...I think I'm in between Tein and Battle Version rods. Cusco, Kazama, and Tanabe rods are way overpriced...

...Cusco lateral bar might help too...

...but yeah I heard the same thing about Poly inserts... they become the strongest part of the joint, turning the actual OEM rod into the weakest part.

Pass.