I had to swap a bad rear spindle on my car and I noticed the new one didn't have a provision the old one did. I called Steve and stumped him good.
The old one has a threaded hole for a left-hand-thread bolt. That holds on a stamped metal cap that fits on the spindle nut. I'm assuming the idea is that if the rotation of the wheel starts backing off the spindle nut the cap will rotate against the small bolt, thereby tightening it and keeping the whole works in place. It's kind of like how Dodge used to use left-hand-thread lug nuts on one side of their cars. Both of them figured out that it's wasted effort.
Quirks of an early ZX3
Focus: singular
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Not interchangeable
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Nope, never seen that before even on my own 2000 ZX3.
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That is a fail safe. Alot of the after market drums and bearings are mad by four year old indoneasian kids so the machining isnt spot on. The ring of snappage tends to com out the poorly machined slot. This cap a extra insurance thingy.
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I never thought of that, it's probably an afterrmarket spindle.
Tasca Auto Group- Employee pricing on all parts.
http://www.tascaparts.com/partlocator/i ... eid=213668
1-800-598-1484 or spowell@tasca.com
http://www.tascaparts.com/partlocator/i ... eid=213668
1-800-598-1484 or spowell@tasca.com