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The 1988 Mazda 323 and the 91 Festiva use the same front wheel bearings and the same spacers between the inner and outer bearing to set a preload on the bearings. Don't reuse your old spacer when changing bearings without checking the preload to determine if the old spacer is the right size. Green Sales (they sell obsolete ford parts) 800-543-4959 has some of the spacers for $5.00 each. Mazda has them for the 1988 323 for $5.50 each.
Can anyone tell me how to tell which spacer is needed without going through them in series until to correct one is found. It's not practical to have all 21 of the spacers on hand when you do the job. It would cost $231.00 to be prepared to do both wheels and you would have a loss of $220.00 because you would only use two of the spacers for the job.
In case anyone wants to know the spacers are 6.285, 6.325, 6.365, 6.405, 6.445, 6.485, 6.525, 6.565, 6.605, 6.645, 6.685, 6.725, 6.756, 6.805, 6.845, 6.885, 6.925, 6.965, 7.005, 7.045, 7.085 in width, approximately 1/4" to give you a rough idea of the size of the part.
If anyone has a good solution to this problem please let me know.
Can anyone tell me how to tell which spacer is needed without going through them in series until to correct one is found. It's not practical to have all 21 of the spacers on hand when you do the job. It would cost $231.00 to be prepared to do both wheels and you would have a loss of $220.00 because you would only use two of the spacers for the job.
In case anyone wants to know the spacers are 6.285, 6.325, 6.365, 6.405, 6.445, 6.485, 6.525, 6.565, 6.605, 6.645, 6.685, 6.725, 6.756, 6.805, 6.845, 6.885, 6.925, 6.965, 7.005, 7.045, 7.085 in width, approximately 1/4" to give you a rough idea of the size of the part.
If anyone has a good solution to this problem please let me know.
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