Rear wheel bearings and seals

[Jarvo2]

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[Captain Obvious]

Ouch! I'm glad I got mine when I did... I bought all the rear stuff in August 2012 and I paid about $100 for 2 inner, 2 outer, and 2 grease seals. I'm thinking they must have been trying to get rid of old stock?

They went from their shelf to mine... Been sitting on my shelf until I put them in about two days ago.

[Captain Obvious]

Speaking or rear wheel bearings... I've got my bearings in, but I haven't finalized the retaining nut.

What's the consensus at this point? Use the peened over style like original stock, or use the self locking ZX style? Thanks to Blue's writeup at AtlanticZ, I got pics. From http://www.atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips//rearwheelbearings/index.html

Here's the peened style that was originally on the car:

And here's the self locking ZX style they went to in later years:

Is there anyone who thinks the original style are still better, or is everyone using the newer self locking style from the ZX?

[Jarvo2]

What type of bearing separators are you guys using? I'm thinking about picking one of these up, but don't want to waste the $$ if I don't need it.

Bearing Splitter & Large Bearing Separator

[Captain Obvious]

It's a cheap POS, but it worked for me:

[John Coffey]

$200 for quality bearings and seals that you will never have to touch again for the rest of your life is cheap.

[Captain Obvious]

So, any input on which retaining nut to use? Z or ZX?

[Zed Head]

You'll lose points at the concourse with the ZX nuts. But you'll have an easier time in the future if you ever decide to install an adapter flange for CV axles or 5 lug wheels. ZX nuts give you flexibility. Plus the fact, although unlikely, that your new bearings are damaged and need another replacement. You might need to remove them again. I vote for the ZX nuts just in case the axle needs to come out again.

[Captain Obvious]

Thanks for the input and that was my thinking as well. So the plan is to go with the ZX style unless someone has a compelling reason not to.

I'm not worried about the concourse... I did extra credit with my spindle nut rubber washers.

[bacarl]

I see no reason to avoid the ZX nuts. I purchased everything from Motorsport and they only sell "Z/ZX spindle nuts". I'm assuming they don't carry the old peened Z nut but maybe I'll call and confirm.

[tamo3]

I got nuts from local Nissan dealer.

[bacarl]

Tamo, do you know if those are the Z style that gets peened, or the ZX style which apparently is self locking?

Edit: I checked with Motorsport and they sell the Z-style nut which requires peening to lock. Sounds like unnecessary additional hassle to me!

Edited March 10, 2014 by bacarl