By the way Steve, am I to assume from your post that the 240K and the 240Z had different steering setups, ie the 240K is like the 280ZX, which is nothing like the 240Z?
Saturday, October 05, 2002, 11:21:05 PM, you wrote: >> >> In the victoria british catalogue there is are different part >> numbers for the 240-280z tie rod end and lower ball joint to the >> 280zx units, it would seem that the recirculating ball front end is >> completely different to the rack and pinion front end. Now I was >> given parts for a 280zx, and the bloke claimed that the 240-260z >> came out with two different front ends, can anyone verify or deny >> that? It perhaps seems reasonable if there were some with power >> steering and some without. SL> No 240Z or 260Z had power steering from the factory and wasn't even SL> an option [some have claimed that there were some cars with power SL> steering in Oz, but it is probable that these were dealer/after SL> market conversions]. The front-ends of 240Z's and 260Z's are SL> basically the same with only minor detail differences really. SL> Tie-rod ends are the same, as are ball-joints for the most part (see SL> my other post). 280ZX is a totally different car, and it's quite SL> likely the major steering parts are quite different to an earlier SL> car. Certainly the power-steering arrangement on a 280ZX is totally SL> different, and is actually closer to the steering used in 240K, C210 SL> and R30 Skylines. -- Best regards, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
