The 240Z has rack and pinion steering, 240K has recirculating ball. They are completely different designs up to the tie rod ends. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 5 October 2002 23:37 PM Subject: Re: Z Steering Question
> 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
