| Fitting a suspension top arm - by Mike |
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Mike kindly sent me these pictures and info of him replacing his OSF (Right Hand) top suspension arm (Nissan part No. 54524-86L00), on his R32 GTSt (Type M), cheers mate :-). This should serve for other Skyline models also It's common problem on Nissan's with this type of suspension (had to replace mine on me old Primera eGT), shows up as a 'knocking' noise when running on a rough surface, check by jacking up the car and 'rocking' the wheel, if worn, you will see movement in top arm. Although mine has some movement and 'knocks' a little, I'm told it is within the 'limits' for an MOT, so more annoying than a problem at the moment, but I'm sure it won't get any better :-( Mike's replacement arm does looks suspiciously like that on my Primera eGT. If you happen to know if it is the same part, please email cheers - alex@skylinegts.co.uk
1) From within the engine bay undo the 4no. bolts, holding the top arm fixing plate - 2) Undo the bolt to the lower arm
3) The top arm removed, easy eh !!, well maybe not the bolts can be very stubborn :-) - 4) Remove the bolt holding the arm to the fixing plate, before finally taking it apart remember which way up and round the old arm is mounted IT'S VERY IMPORTANT !!
5) The shiny new arm :-), of course you remembered which way up it goes ? !!, NO !!! well look at the one on the other side of car - 6) The part number
Mike got this and other parts for his R32 from these people, seems they served him well and do more than BM's and Alfa's :-), so here's their contact details Leaders
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