stub axle washer question-help

[1 tuff z]

hey, for all you z guru's! i'm ready to assemble my rear struts with the 280z stub axles-new bearings, seals, etc. but i don't have the copper [like] washers that go on either side of the steel spacer and between the bearings. i called the dealer, they can't get them either. anyone put them back together without the washers? any problems? any ideas?

help?!?!

[2ManyZs]

I wouldn't put it back together without them. They would be a crush washer that prevents the sleeve, or distance piece as it's called in the FSM, from being deformed.

Best bet would be to try MSA or Courtesy Nissan for replacements...

I know they must be available somewhere as racers break stub axles all the time and have to replace these items....

If no luck, get back to me and I'll see if I can dig up something through one of the guys I used to race against that has a lot of experience changing the stub axles...Their car is the one featured in MSA's catalog, the #61 ITS 24 hour endurance car.....

[1 tuff z]

i called msa-said they'd call back...no joy. called the local dealer, said no longer available-unless i purchase the whole axle~$250. the old number was superseeded and referred to the axle assembly number. so my only alternative is to go used! bummer.

i believe i have a local source.

[2ManyZs]

Just happened to think, if you have a hard time finding them, try a good hardware supplier. Seems if you gave them the measurements, a brass cruch washer should be something they could come up with.

Or Try McMaster-Carr, or you never know, a good farm implement shop might have something that might just work? Hard to believe, but a farm tractor supply is one of the only places you can find a U-joint for the steering shafts now...:cross-eye