I bought a new rebuilt rack (TRW) from a forum member a few months ago for SS820.
It's an earlier style (my searches here tell of 3 styles), same as the one on my 84AE.
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AE (smurf blue...dont ask)
SS
Rebuild
I had tried to order stock bushings from nissanparts.cc but was told the drivers side
(54445-21P00) was no longer available and the passenger side (54444-58S01)
was on back order with no ETA.
I then bought Energy Suspension 7.10104R poly bushing kit off of Amazon.
I've read what i can find here and have found both yays and nays for the usage
of these bushings, saying they only work with the wider brackets. My brackets
are 15/16 wide and if those are the correct ones, here's a video of them torqued down.
These bushings have been de-glossed with abrasive paper and then wiped clean
with acetone. Surfaces that contact the bushing were left un-painted, except the brackets,
which had the OEM paint. Also shown are some brackets i pulled from an 84NA that
are the same width as the ones from the SS, they do have smaller bolt thru holes though.
As shown at end of the video, the poly bushings appear to have a smaller OD.
My thoughts are that if they have that much rotational play, they'll have lateral play
sooner or later.
My next step, before i put the old stock bushings back on is to experiment with
shims i cut from the unused (thinner) bushing that came with the energy suspension kit.
Thoughts?
It's an earlier style (my searches here tell of 3 styles), same as the one on my 84AE.
Top to bottom
AE (smurf blue...dont ask)
SS
Rebuild
I had tried to order stock bushings from nissanparts.cc but was told the drivers side
(54445-21P00) was no longer available and the passenger side (54444-58S01)
was on back order with no ETA.
I then bought Energy Suspension 7.10104R poly bushing kit off of Amazon.
I've read what i can find here and have found both yays and nays for the usage
of these bushings, saying they only work with the wider brackets. My brackets
are 15/16 wide and if those are the correct ones, here's a video of them torqued down.
These bushings have been de-glossed with abrasive paper and then wiped clean
with acetone. Surfaces that contact the bushing were left un-painted, except the brackets,
which had the OEM paint. Also shown are some brackets i pulled from an 84NA that
are the same width as the ones from the SS, they do have smaller bolt thru holes though.
As shown at end of the video, the poly bushings appear to have a smaller OD.
My thoughts are that if they have that much rotational play, they'll have lateral play
sooner or later.
My next step, before i put the old stock bushings back on is to experiment with
shims i cut from the unused (thinner) bushing that came with the energy suspension kit.
Thoughts?
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