240z front strut pricing

[Roady]

Anyone have rough dollar value of 240z front struts these days?

 

Cheers

[C.A.R.]

Very hard to find now... $200ea maybe?

[Roady]

Sweet thanks mate

[Roady]

Anyone have some secret technique to remove a shock absorber (which appears to be full of 40 year old crud possibly rust) from the strut?

 

Welded a nut onto the gland nut and the rattle got it off ok, but shock absorber unit is packed in nice and tight - currently soaking it with inox 

 

Open to any and all ideas

 

Cheers

 

Jason

[gilltech]

Are you talking about the original factory shock componentry, or a cartridge insert (shock replacement), that's stuck?

[Roady]

It appears to be an insert

 

What was the one out of the factory?

[gilltech]

The factory shock absorber componentry was fitted inside the strut housing, complete with damper oil etc contained by an oil seal in the strut cap.

If the strut cap seal started leaking then a new one could be fitted. If the shock itself wore out, or the owner wanted to change the damping to maybe go firmer, it was removed and a self-contained 'cartridge' shock substituted, dropped into place, with its own strut cap to suit. The cartridge could be made by various manufacturers, such as Monroe, KYB, Girling etc and in different grades. And I believe Nissan did the same with cartridges as service parts.

To better dissapate heat a cartridge is supposed to be installed with oil around it, rather than just have air. So I don't know why the innards of your shocks are rusty and refusing to budge. They sound pretty bad given your first post was asking about cost of replacement struts. Got a photo?

Edited April 10, 2022 by gilltech

[Roady]

Pretty sure that’s an insert

Possibly no oil installed around it and that’s caused the issue??