Z car LCA's and 510 LCA's

[Mekanik]

This may be a dumb question but I honestly dont know. I know that Datsun made alot of parts interchangable but does anyone here know if the lower control arms from a 240z,260z, or a 280z would fit on a 1972 510?

 

 

[Mekanik]

no one knows at all?

[sssr20det510]

looking at pics they look similar

[MAG58]

Fronts right?

 

The dime is narrower than a Z car, so I couldn't really be sure. I can measure them when I get home tomorrow if you'd like.

[thisismatt]

They do share the same ball joint apparently, so probably. 280zx for sure is not the same.

 

The following all use the same balljoint:

NISSAN 200SX (1977 - 1979)

NISSAN 240Z (1970 - 1973)

NISSAN 260Z 1974

NISSAN 260Z 2+2 1974

NISSAN 280Z (1975 - 1978)

NISSAN 280Z 2+2 (1975 - 1978)

NISSAN 510 (1968 - 1973)

NISSAN 610 (1973 - 1976)

NISSAN 710 (1974 - 1977)

NISSAN B210 (1974 - 1978)

[sssr20det510]

the b210 ones are the same

[Mekanik]

Fronts right?

 

The dime is narrower than a Z car, so I couldn't really be sure. I can measure them when I get home tomorrow if you'd like.

 

 

Fronts and rears... The reason I ask is because if they do fit the 510s then T3's new set of front and rear LCA's for the 240z,260z, or a 280z will fit our 510's as well

[sssr20det510]

The rears wont

[Mekanik]

The rears wont

 

 

haha boo. Ill just build some

[MAG58]

The rear of a Z is a chapman strut, which is nothing anywhere close to the Semi-trailing arm rear of the 510. The 280ZX has a really close rear suspension as does the all the x10's (excluding the H510? Not sure there) and to a lesser extent the Z31 and 910 maxima.

[jesusno2]

Your 510 ball joint info is incorrect. The 510 had 2 different ball joints one was a 11mm thread or (small taper) the other was a 14mm thread (large taper) they say that the small taper ball joints were a 68 69 thing. Which is simply untrue. My dec/1970 wagon had 11mm balljoints.I've heard people finding them in 73 sedans. Datsun was very good about using whatever the fuck they had laying around to build a car. Oh and btw I'm not 100% but I think the Z and the ZX both use 2 different length arms but, don't quote me on that I'm not a die hard Z guy.

[HRH]

They are different. I know positively 510 rear lower trailing arms only fit 68-73 510s, and 73-76 610s. On the fronts, they look similar but are not interchangeable. I think they are wider and longer. You could certainly make them work with some fabrication.