Rear camber, sides differ

[300zxt]

I'm looking at buying another Z31, the one I'm looking at is another 88 Turbo. I can't view it in person because it's a 1hr 30min plane trip away. One thing the current owner told me over the phone that has me a little concerned is that the camber on one side of the rear wheels is slightly different than the other side. Would a simple wheel misalignment cause this, or what other issue could this be caused by? I dont think it's anything serious, the car hasn't had any major accidents etc but I'm just wondering what could cause one rear wheel's camber to be slightly different than the other. Thanks!

[Jason84NA2T]

Bent control arm, bad wheel bearings, sagging or broken spring, maybe a missing rear spring seat... that's about all I can think of.

[G-E]

crossmember bushings

[300zxt]

Thanks guys, nothing real serious then. This car I'm looking at is SEXY! It's like my white 88 except it's black and factory manual which is rare as rocking horse shit here!

[Firehawk]

If you can see the difference, it is likely far off. I replaced the control arm on one car. It didn't look bent, but the swap fixed the problem, and it was WAY off.

[Jason84NA2T]

Firehawk wrote: If you can see the difference, it is likely far off. I replaced the control arm on one car. It didn't look bent, but the swap fixed the problem, and it was WAY off.

Same here. The arm did not look bent at all, but camber was corrected after swapping another one on.

[300zxt]

Thanks for the help guys, sounds like nothing serious. I'm flying to Sydney tonight to pick her up! /me excited

[300zxt]

Holy resurrected post batman, a year to the day almost...

Control arms, are '84-89 NA ('85 in this case) control arms the same as 87-89Ts?

[1artworkz]

There is no camber adjustment for the rear on the Z31. A missing spring seat (upper) can cause a noticeable change in camber.

[300zxt]

1artworkz wrote: There is no camber adjustment for the rear on the Z31. A missing spring seat (upper) can cause a noticeable change in camber.

Umm, huh? I'm not talking about camber adjustment. I just need to know if the control arms are the same. This is incase I need to swap it out (going by Jason/Firehawks suggestion) if I still have the camber issue on the rear-right side after I've changed out the x-member bushings. My parts car is an 85NA, so I'm wanting to know if I can use it on a 89T.

[floridaZ]

You need an 84 and an 87.

[MrwassmanNA2T]

There are width differences. 87+ are 10mm wider correct?

[300zxt]

Shit well there goes that idea, yet another part I'll need to source from the U.S! Fuckin great!

[300zxt]

I forgot to update this thread after I fixed it a few months back...

The winner was Jason, it was a bad wheel bearing. It only became evident after I changed all the bushings and diff mount to poly. You could faintly hear it afterwards. So I jacked it up, wiggled the wheel, confirmed wheelbearing. Replaced the inner/outer which took 3 weeks from Japan to arrive I might add, camber fixed! Horaah!

[MrwassmanNA2T]

ohhh, no "overnight parts from japan?"