Question about Energy Steering Rack Bushings

Sketchy564

Sketchy564

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So my car right now is up on two wheels and im changing my steering rack bushings now before i drop the motor in to make my life easyer. I took the brackets off and im about to take out the passenger side bushing to replace it, then i notice
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why is there two passenger side bushings? Obviously one is thicker than the other, but is there a reason for using one or the other?

I would guess to use the thicker one since the drivers side is the same thickness, but if you google "240sx energy steering rack bushings" on google, you see them just in a pair, with the drivers side, and the thinner of the two passenger bushings, and ive also noticed on the writeup on nico that he chose the thinner of the two as well...

can anyone help me out here?
 
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mine came like that too, obviously there are two types of racks, use which ever one fits your car.
 
one is s13/s14 the other is z32. This skinny one fits easily on a s13 rack but makes it not sit level. The thick one is a bitch to get on but it will sit level. Use the thick one or pay for it later
 
Alright so im gonna try the thick one but im a bit confused

the skinny one is for an S13 and the thick one is for the z32, but if you can manage to fit the z32 one on there it will sit level and its better?

and what exactly happens if the steering rack doesnt sit level? i havnt tried it yet, but if the thick one is too much of a bitch to get on im probably just gonna put the thin one on
 
the thin one is for the z32 rack bit most epople put it on the s13 when they realize how hard it is to get the correct one on. It totaly goes on their cause ive done it on a few s13
 
ok thanks

its raining now so im waiting till it stops, but do you have any tips for making it go on easyer, since its supposidly a lot more of a bitch to get on?
 
Another tip:

Be very careful with those bolts. When I did mine, 3 out of 4 stripped even though I was being careful. It was a bitch to fix it. It would have been a really easy job if it wasn't for those fucking bolts, and the passenger side one was actually easier to put on than the one on the driver side. Good luck
 
SAS said:
one is s13/s14 the other is z32. This skinny one fits easily on a s13 rack but makes it not sit level. The thick one is a bitch to get on but it will sit level. Use the thick one or pay for it later
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Ahh yeah that's what it was. Good info SAS.
 
well i put the thin one for now so i could bolt one of the brackets up

i couldnt get the drivers side braket to bolt up cause it was starting to rain and i had no room/time, so im going to finish it tommorow

im guessing the best way to go about this is to just get longer bolts on both sides so you can line the brackets up and then just tighten them down all the way?
 
Sketchy564 said:
well i put the thin one for now so i could bolt one of the brackets up

i couldnt get the drivers side braket to bolt up cause it was starting to rain and i had no room/time, so im going to finish it tommorow

im guessing the best way to go about this is to just get longer bolts on both sides so you can line the brackets up and then just tighten them down all the way?
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yes but if you get ones too long it will hit your motor unless you cut them off after you put the rack back on
 
i have nismo motor mounts which makes the motor sit a little bit higher

but you said to use longer bolts to help line em up right? bascially you just have to find the right legnth?
 
Sketchy564 said:
i have nismo motor mounts which makes the motor sit a little bit higher

but you said to use longer bolts to help line em up right? bascially you just have to find the right legnth?
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you need the bolts to be 1" longer you dont need to do this but it makes life so much easier
 
There should have been a paper in the box that tells you the thicker one is for an S14. All three have part numbers on the sides too.
 
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