Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

Go Back   Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum > General > Tech Talk > Z Chassis

Z Chassis Technical discussion related to the Z Chassis such as the S30, S310, Z31, Z32, Z33 and Z34.


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 01-03-2011, 07:34 PM   #1
jdm240sx122
Zilvia Junkie
 
jdm240sx122's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SanDiego
Age: 27
Posts: 338
Trader Rating: (1)
jdm240sx122 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
Wants to pull right..

I was wondering if I could get some advice on what you think might of happened.

Ok First off I was out running the car pretty hard a night or two ago, and now sence then Ive noticed it wanting to pull to the right. So I first thought mabe I bent some thing ): But I jacked it up and everything looked fine untill I removed the boot off the inner tie rod and saw this^^ with powersteering fluid leaking every where. So Im hoping Mabe I just blew a seal in the power steering rack ,but would that make it pull right and am I going to have to replace the entire rack beacause of this. I havent took anything apart yet..SO what do you think??????????

Last edited by jdm240sx122; 01-03-2011 at 08:50 PM..
jdm240sx122 is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old 01-03-2011, 07:59 PM   #2
jdm240sx122
Zilvia Junkie
 
jdm240sx122's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SanDiego
Age: 27
Posts: 338
Trader Rating: (1)
jdm240sx122 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
Aww Shit I think I might of posted in the wrong section. Oh well...........Its a zenki BTW.

Last edited by jdm240sx122; 01-03-2011 at 09:01 PM..
jdm240sx122 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2011, 08:58 PM   #3
jdm240sx122
Zilvia Junkie
 
jdm240sx122's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SanDiego
Age: 27
Posts: 338
Trader Rating: (1)
jdm240sx122 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
Bump.................
jdm240sx122 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2011, 09:22 PM   #4
codyace
Post Whore!
 
codyace's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Poconos, PA
Age: 36
Posts: 8,030
Trader Rating: (58)
codyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfection
Feedback Score: 58 reviews
Send a message via AIM to codyace
If you banged it off a curb or a pothole, it's possible for sure...or a slightly bent tie rod end/control arm. If the leaking has ceased, I'd look into getting it aligned. If it hasn't stopped leaking, replace the race, and get it aligned anyway.
__________________

Want Air Conditioning in your SR20 Swapped car? Check out www.sr20acbrackets.com for more information!

Quest Alternator Conversions for SR20! Check my Group Buy!

Tired of lousy internal gates? Go external wastegate with one of my manifolds, Check out my group buy
codyace is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2011, 09:27 PM   #5
jdm240sx122
Zilvia Junkie
 
jdm240sx122's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SanDiego
Age: 27
Posts: 338
Trader Rating: (1)
jdm240sx122 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
Ya it seems to me like the leaking has ceased..But I cant recall banging it off any curbs or potholes or anything.
jdm240sx122 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2011, 10:04 PM   #6
slidesquad240
Leaky Injector
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: nh
Age: 33
Posts: 108
Trader Rating: (0)
slidesquad240 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
my car does this also not sure what it is but im going with tie rods
slidesquad240 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2011, 11:21 PM   #7
codyace
Post Whore!
 
codyace's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Poconos, PA
Age: 36
Posts: 8,030
Trader Rating: (58)
codyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfectioncodyace is close to perfection
Feedback Score: 58 reviews
Send a message via AIM to codyace
Anytime a car 'pulls' it's due to some sort of alignment issue. Even a bad tire won't make it pull one direction or the other, aside from some wacky 1/100000 chance.

You may not remember hitting anything, but what else would throw off the aligmnent? Maybe you loosend a camber bolt or upper mount, which induced some toe because of the camber change? POssible, but more than likely you bent something.

Align it yourself, or take it a shop and have it done.
__________________

Want Air Conditioning in your SR20 Swapped car? Check out www.sr20acbrackets.com for more information!

Quest Alternator Conversions for SR20! Check my Group Buy!

Tired of lousy internal gates? Go external wastegate with one of my manifolds, Check out my group buy
codyace is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-03-2011, 11:41 PM   #8
jdm240sx122
Zilvia Junkie
 
jdm240sx122's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SanDiego
Age: 27
Posts: 338
Trader Rating: (1)
jdm240sx122 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
Aight Ill check out the alignment and let you know how it goes.
jdm240sx122 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-05-2011, 03:28 PM   #9
jdm240sx122
Zilvia Junkie
 
jdm240sx122's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SanDiego
Age: 27
Posts: 338
Trader Rating: (1)
jdm240sx122 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
I checked the alignment and it looks fine.. I cant even work this toe out through adjusting the alignment...I tried. Now im guessing its gotta be the tierods considering there weak stock ones. So im gona take them of the car today to get a better look at them, and try to see whats going on.
jdm240sx122 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-05-2011, 03:40 PM   #10
slidesquad240
Leaky Injector
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: nh
Age: 33
Posts: 108
Trader Rating: (0)
slidesquad240 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
When I'm driving and turn right my car wants to go right like it jerks to the right
slidesquad240 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-12-2011, 07:15 PM   #11
jdm240sx122
Zilvia Junkie
 
jdm240sx122's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SanDiego
Age: 27
Posts: 338
Trader Rating: (1)
jdm240sx122 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
I havent updated this thread in a couple of days but its because Ive been trying to fix the car. Ive bought and installed brand new gold tein inner and outer tierods and finnaly just took the car to an alignment shop and had them align it. After they aligned it the car still wants to pull right. I dont know what it could be all I could think of is the power steering rack ,but even then It dosent make sense to me because while I had the car up on jacks and started it the wheels wont turn/pull to the right no matter which way I turned the Wheel. It only happens while the car is driving down the road. So basicaly Ive eliminated bad tierods and off alignment. IDEAS????????????????
jdm240sx122 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-12-2011, 07:23 PM   #12
ranger240
Zilvia Addict
 
ranger240's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: connecticut
Posts: 849
Trader Rating: (0)
ranger240 is a jewel in the roughranger240 is a jewel in the roughranger240 is a jewel in the roughranger240 is a jewel in the roughranger240 is a jewel in the roughranger240 is a jewel in the roughranger240 is a jewel in the roughranger240 is a jewel in the rough
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
while youre at it you might as well replace the lower arm bushing with energy suspension ones and do ball joints... besides worn out strut mounts that's pretty much everything in the front end sans rack.

(someone who has put more time into this than me correct me if im wrong) but if your rear end is misaligned it can cause issues. from the photo its clear you arnt running a stock suspension so your rear toe/camber/whatever might need work.

does it pull to the right going over bumps or continuously?

i'd first put a new tie rod boot on to prevent more crud from getting in the rack and replace ball joints.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by surreybc
...common sense is for uneducated people who operate on animal instinct.
ranger240 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-12-2011, 07:30 PM   #13
jdm240sx122
Zilvia Junkie
 
jdm240sx122's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SanDiego
Age: 27
Posts: 338
Trader Rating: (1)
jdm240sx122 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
It pulls right continuously not just while going over speed bumps ,and the rear end has been aligned as well as the front. I doubt the ball joints are bad because the control arm are pretty close to new.....Any thing will help thanks....
jdm240sx122 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-12-2011, 08:16 PM   #14
jdm240sx122
Zilvia Junkie
 
jdm240sx122's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SanDiego
Age: 27
Posts: 338
Trader Rating: (1)
jdm240sx122 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
Aight your never gona beleave what it was....The tires in the back were pretty bald and I just put them back there to eat them up and be done with them. So I put the other tires back on and the car drives perfectly straight. Wow what are the odds........THANKS to everybody that helped...THE END....................
jdm240sx122 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-12-2011, 10:17 PM   #15
FaLKoN240
Super Moderator
 
FaLKoN240's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 16,760
Trader Rating: (73)
FaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfection
Feedback Score: 73 reviews
I replaced my tires got my car aligned and my car pulls to the right.

I was really hoping this would have a solution to my problem.
__________________

Best way to do business with me? Make your best offer FIRST.
FaLKoN240 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-18-2013, 10:50 PM   #16
Themowpro33
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Lima
Age: 28
Posts: 1
Trader Rating: (0)
Themowpro33 is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Hey check measuring the ride hight you might have sagging springs on the right witch will throw off your alignment
Themowpro33 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-18-2013, 10:55 PM   #17
mechanicalmoron
Zilvia FREAK!
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: tx
Posts: 1,072
Trader Rating: (0)
mechanicalmoron is just really nicemechanicalmoron is just really nicemechanicalmoron is just really nicemechanicalmoron is just really nicemechanicalmoron is just really nicemechanicalmoron is just really nicemechanicalmoron is just really nicemechanicalmoron is just really nice
Feedback Score: 0 reviews
Quote:
Originally Posted by codyace View Post
Anytime a car 'pulls' it's due to some sort of alignment issue. Even a bad tire won't make it pull one direction or the other, aside from some wacky 1/100000 chance.

You may not remember hitting anything, but what else would throw off the aligmnent? Maybe you loosend a camber bolt or upper mount, which induced some toe because of the camber change? POssible, but more than likely you bent something.

Align it yourself, or take it a shop and have it done.
A tiny mistake with tire pressure, like checking it with one side in a cold early morning shadow, can easily make a big enough difference to feel a pull.
mechanicalmoron is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-20-2013, 03:49 PM   #18
BossHogg
Zilvia Addict
 
BossHogg's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: america
Posts: 998
Trader Rating: (16)
BossHogg is an unknown quantity at this point
Feedback Score: 16 reviews
I sure hope he fixed this by now since it seemed to be a problem nearly 3 years ago.
__________________
BossHogg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-21-2013, 10:33 AM   #19
FaLKoN240
Super Moderator
 
FaLKoN240's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 16,760
Trader Rating: (73)
FaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfectionFaLKoN240 is close to perfection
Feedback Score: 73 reviews
Why the fuck he do this?!
__________________

Best way to do business with me? Make your best offer FIRST.
FaLKoN240 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:07 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2021, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
vB.Sponsors
Copyright © 1998 - 2019, Zilvia.net™