Success. 54 years old everything is a struggle during tear down.

Not so much trouble when you know the way things work, eh?

Quite true, thanks.

I know most people on this forum want as much stock and original parts as possible but, at least it’s my opinion, maybe some modern upgrades / mods are in order to keep these cars on the road.

Aside from all the aftermarket suspension upgrades I know that Apex Engineered also sells new steering racks (with right hand inner tie rods) and just the right hand thread inner tie rods. Replacing just the inner tie rod(s) for right hand thread once might be a good solution for the NLA drivers side outer tie rod. And yes Apex does sell them separately and in pairs.

https://apexengineered.com/shop/s30-240z-260z-280z/inner-tie-rod/

No I’m not sponsored I just like what they’re doing and ordered some stuff to fix my 280z.