Ball joint boots

eastmedia · Post by **eastmedia** » Sat May 07, 2005 1:32 pm

An option for boots and bump stops. Excuse the grease. This was taken just after assembly and before compression.

Here's a link to more pics.
http://www.higenki.com/roadster/suspension.htm

If you'd like a set email me and I'll give you info.

TR · Post by TR » Sat May 07, 2005 1:52 pm

Looks interesting, what's the info?

BTW-Your spring is upside down, the car will handle really poorly with it pushing the wrong way...TR

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eastmedia · Post by **eastmedia** » Sat May 07, 2005 2:13 pm

I checked a couple of vendor sites and all I found was $12-30 each. Just happened upon these urethane boots and took some measurements and they fit. I also didn't want to cut my stock bump stops. Price was right. Boots $1.50 each. Stops $4.50.

Does it really matter if a spring is upside down? I'm taking them out anyway. I forgot to reinstall the insulator.

TR · Post by TR » Sat May 07, 2005 2:31 pm

The insulator will keep the spring from chattering/rattling.

The spring orientation doesn't matter, I was trying to be funny! TR

eastmedia · Post by **eastmedia** » Sat May 07, 2005 2:58 pm

www.suspension.com

Using their measurements I ordered:

upper ball joints and tie rods #9-13105
lower ball joints #9-13119
bump stops #9-9103

they come in red, blue, yellow, and black.

eastmedia · Post by **eastmedia** » Sat May 07, 2005 3:00 pm

The company I purchased from is Suspension Restoration Parts Co. http://www.suspension.com/ .

They are in Modesto. (209) 578-5101. I called to place my order. They list a lot of stuff on their website as fitting the Z's and many other nissans.

I went to the Energy Suspension website to figure out how to measure the ball joint to pick the right part. Here is the link to their measuring page. http://www.energysuspension.com/pages/tie_r.html

The part numbers I ordered were:

Lower ball joints- 9-13119 (they come in a set of 2. $3)
Upper Ball joints- 9-13105 (they come in a set of 2. $3)
Tie rods 9-13105 (same as above) after taking it all apart I noticed the other 4 (or more) steering boots . This number would probably work for those also.
Bump stops 9-9103 (2 per set. $9)
Shipping $4.25

I know they also came in blue and yellow. The energy suspension website says they come in black.

Post by **dbrick** » Sat May 07, 2005 11:57 pm

With the springs in the reverse position, is it necessary to engage the "S Brakes", or will they work with normal brakes?

Conner · Post by **Conner** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:27 pm

I found out this week that OEM rubber front coil spring isolators ($3.04 each from Nissan) are NLA at this time. So I took some measurements and ordered a universal polyurethane isolator application from ES, and it seems to be very close to the original's dimensions.

The Energy Suspension part number for this is 9-6114G (or R for red

) and Suspension Restoration carries them for $9 for the pair. Not as cheap as stock, but pretty reasonable.

TurboRagtop · Post by **TurboRagtop** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:59 pm

Since my engine swap resulted in a heavier front end weight, what heavy-duty spring would you all recommend?
Part number?
Source?
Thanks.

TR · Post by TR » Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:06 pm

The Nismo spring currently avail. was very stiff in my car, I think the "Fordified" car with the V8 is running those. How much heavier is that engine? The stock motors were pretty heavy already!

DatsunBucky · Post by **DatsunBucky** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:06 am

TR wrote:The stock motors were pretty heavy already!

1600s are about 340 lbs. Not sure about U20s.

Post by **dbrick** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:29 pm

How does the stock engine weight compare to the popular swap engines, SR20 etc?

67 1/2 1600 · Post by **67 1/2 1600** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:31 pm

I beleive alvin weighed his car with the u20 and after with his sr20.

Post by **ppeters914** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:12 pm

Ron,

Did you dissassemble your front end just to replace the boots, or was there more involved? Time to do the job? Did you have the front end realigned?

I'm asking because almost all my boots are shot, but I'm afraid to dissassemble my front end and discover how many expensive parts need replacing.

Thanks.