Tony 260Z
Club Member
All, I'm in confusion about a problem with the rear suspension on my import '72 240.
Does anyone have the measurement specs for the rear suspension legs? Diagrams are easy enough to find but they don't have measurements on.
I need to know the distance from the bottom of the suspension leg to the top or bottom of the lower spring cup.
Going by the numbers stamped on the legs (and remembering that this is a LHD car) it looks as if the drivers side leg is for a 240 but the passenger side is probably 260Z. I'm told that the lower spring cup on a 260 is about half an inch lower than that on the 240, and that would explain why the car was "softer" on that side and the tyre was hitting the arch when going on and off my drive (up/down a kerb). BUT, having taken the passenger side - supposedly 260 - leg off the car and then measuring it against the one on the drivers side I can't find any difference. Oh ****.
Any ideas? Does the shock insert mount differently inside a 260 leg versus a 240? Would that make any difference even if it did? I didn't think the shock absorber played a part in deciding ride height.
I'll go find the numbers stamped on the legs and post them up, but if the problem isn't being caused by a lower spring mount on one side making the car softer on that side, what else would do it?
The car doesn't have a rear anti-roll bar (yet). Would that make that much difference?
Grabbing at straws here!
Does anyone have the measurement specs for the rear suspension legs? Diagrams are easy enough to find but they don't have measurements on.
I need to know the distance from the bottom of the suspension leg to the top or bottom of the lower spring cup.
Going by the numbers stamped on the legs (and remembering that this is a LHD car) it looks as if the drivers side leg is for a 240 but the passenger side is probably 260Z. I'm told that the lower spring cup on a 260 is about half an inch lower than that on the 240, and that would explain why the car was "softer" on that side and the tyre was hitting the arch when going on and off my drive (up/down a kerb). BUT, having taken the passenger side - supposedly 260 - leg off the car and then measuring it against the one on the drivers side I can't find any difference. Oh ****.
Any ideas? Does the shock insert mount differently inside a 260 leg versus a 240? Would that make any difference even if it did? I didn't think the shock absorber played a part in deciding ride height.
I'll go find the numbers stamped on the legs and post them up, but if the problem isn't being caused by a lower spring mount on one side making the car softer on that side, what else would do it?
The car doesn't have a rear anti-roll bar (yet). Would that make that much difference?
Grabbing at straws here!
