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Unidentified part after removal of front supension

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Hi,

I just removed the front suspension and steering from my 1977 280Z.

Afterwards, I found a washer with following dimensions:

 

Inner Diameter: 12mm

Outer Diameter: 40mm

Thickness: 9mm

 

I am in the process of a complete tear-down so that I can send the body away for blasting.

It could be possible that this part does not belong to the front suspension, but I'm pretty sure that it was not on the floor when I started the disassembly.  

 

Does anybody know where this belongs to?

Thank you.

 

Jagoblitz

 

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That looks like one of the washers for the tension/compression arm. There should be two per side.

Did you change the compression rod achor points? Pos 21.

Screenshot_20211121-175853.jpg

 

See two in center of photo.

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Edited by EuroDat

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I have the ones in the center of your photo and they are different.

There are also some washers like that used on the mustache bar. 

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Indeed, could be a mix up with the mustache bar. According to the parts manual they changed in 73, but after that they should be the same as the ones in my photo.

I also have a 1977 280Z, but can't garantee originality.

You can search for parts on this site.

https://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun/Z-1969-1978/axle/front-suspension/21

 

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Edited by EuroDat
Date changed

This is a photo of my original mustache bar washers.

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I will disassemble the rear supension in the next couple of days... then I can compare.

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