noticed some oil leaking onto my muffler. Pics attached...what is this?
 

Kind of embarrassed that I don't know what this is so don't flame me please :ugh2::ughdance:

Can anyone help me out? What's that part that's leaking and what's it gonna cost me to fix? Thanks!

ok so it appears that this is the differential bushing? Is that right? What's my best option here? My factory warranty expired last month....go figure

Ah yes. That's an expensive fix because of the labor.

They may still fix it under warranty actually. Be very nice and bring the service dept. a box of donuts when you take the car in!

Dang how did that happen?

I'm gonna see if I can get it under warranty otherwise I'll go somewhere else for cheaper labor. Only issue is getting a new one. Based on my searching I don't think Nissan sells just the bushing, they make you buy the whole subframe.

Are there any good aftermarket replacements????

No idea. Seems like this is somewhat common for Z's

Ouch... I'm getting mine checked tomorrow. Getting clunking noise at low speeds when getting in gear and in between shifts. In reverse, the whole car shakes and clunks repeatedly if I'm not careful with the clutch. It's not too bad in 1st.

With a bad bushing, you'll get bad wheel hop off the line.

Check with Whiteline. They offer urethane bushings for the 350Z, but it has been almost a year since I last checked on their progress with the 370Z.

I don't think Whiteline makes them for the 370. I don't see it on their site. Are there any aftermarket replacements?

I see that SPL makes some, however they don't list the price. Anyone have these?

SPL PRO SUSPENSION | 09+ Nissan 370Z Z34

Would these be too noisy for street use?

bumping for my MC

^gooby pls. Thx for bumping up 2 spots

I personally wouldn't get the solid ones. It'll be too rough for daily driving.

Yeah that's what I thought. I can't find another company that makes bushings for the 370

mine broke at 24k miles :\ they remove the rear sub frame of the car. i hope warranty covers yours.

http://www.the370z.com/members/fuct-...nissandoc2.jpg

How many miles on the car?

Question for you guys with busted bushings. Do you guys launch your car alot, chirp second gear alot or drive like grandma?

grandma.... which is why im shocked mine broke.

Looks like a lot of work. Did they tell you what the cost would have been without warranty?

Ok well I went to a mechanic (not Nissan) and they said labor would be 700-800. Not as bad as some of the posts on here made it out to be lol.

So if Nissan doesn't cover it under warranty then it won't be that bad....but the only issue is finding the part. I still don't know how much the entire subframe is from Nissan. If it's too expensive I'd like to just buy an aftermarket bushing but I still haven't been able to find any other than from SPL.


So...if anybody knows of an aftermarket replacement that will be ok for daily driving please let me know!

I have a question that I forgot to ask the mechanic....

How much of the work for this repair is similar to what needs to be done to swap the gears? In other words, if I want to get gears then is this the best time to do it? I know it's not exactly the same thing but I figured since the rear end needs to be removed it might overlap with some of the labor involved in switching the gears

Good question. Cause if this is the case and my bushing fails the car will be sitting in the garage until I can afford to do gears at the same time.

If you have one of those Gold Service plans, you just need to pay a deductible. It saved me a lot when the power steering rack went bad.

I had the car up on the lift, and all of the bushings look good! That's crazy for the amount of power I push. The clunking noise appears to be the rear axle on the driver side, so I'm going to get it diagnosed soon.

changing the gears is a completly different thing. yes the rear dif comes off during the bushing or subframe removal but they dont crack it open.

if you can get just teh bushing replaced by that mechanic (op) what would the labor be then? removal of the subframe is a lot of work but just the bushing couldnt be too bad.

and i have no idea what the cost would have been on my issue.

Is this issue something with just the early models or is this just as possible on 2011+ models?

duno:confused:

Bro this is the cheapest place for factory parts!!! Has all the vendors beat and local dealerships. Give them a shot or get a quote from your dealer and then look up the part here. HANLEES HILLTOP NISSAN

Does anybody know what this is caused from? Myron_Nismo How many miles are on your car? Crazy how 2 nismos had to pit.

i stopped by the dealership when she was in a million pieces. its alot of work to get the rear sub frame off. i was worried she woulnt drive the same...... the kicker was she came back feeling MUCH tighter and to me all around better. so win win..... maybe my rear sub frame was assembled on a monday after the Japanese world series or something. :P

http://www.the370z.com/members/fuct-...ure36749-a.jpg

i have to be honest, when i wash my car i try and not look there anymore since i bet a second time it wont be covered under warranty and theres no resonable fix yet.

Was under the car this last weekend changing the diff oil and looking at this bushing. Is there any chance you lifted the car using the differential housing? Seems like the weight of the entire care would go straight to this bushing if you did.

Thanks for the link. I have 19k miles on the car.

Btw since making the thread I cleaned up the oil and have been driving the car. I have not noticed any more oil and I can't notice any difference when driving....so I have no plans for repairing it unless something happens.

Thats a good point

hrm..but isnt that what the service manual says to use for the rear? :ugh2:

Yeah, I know. Always used the diff in previous cars too. It sure would be F-ed up if it wasn't up to it. Probably best to minimize time pushing on it.

no i never lifted it from the rear dif.

i read somewhere not to due that since its partly aluminum........

after thinking about it i do remember hitting some massive bumps/uneven pavement with heavy sh1t in my hatch. the added weight and impact might have broke em.... still not sure.

:ugh2: I just purchased the fluids and will be doing this soon. I'll go to my friend's place and use his ramps, and I am interested to take a look at this for myself. I have jacked up my car a few times (~3) using the rear differential because the service manual says that is an acceptable jack point. I always immediately put the car on jack stands, of course.

I am glad to hear this. Anyone still think there could be a correlation?

hmmmm.....

http://www.the370z.com/members/fuct-...8-14-20-35.png

Im pretty sure the manual says to use the differential to jack up the car...anybody have an explanation.

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I posted an image from the service manual..... the driveline section. page 67 of 90

Not sure where this image came from, but the rear differential is clearly labeled as the Garage Jack Point (rear)....

http://www.the370z.com/attachments/n...-picture-3.jpg

... found here http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...tml#post429831

http://www.the370z.com/members/fuct-...ing-points.png

sounds like you can using the general maintance book.....