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hey guys, i'm looking for some parts for my ZX2 rear struts that i can't find on rock auto and i was wondering if any of you guys knew where i could order them, or might have really good condition ones.
since their the ZX2 struts they need to be for ford escort ZX2, obviously

i'm looking for the retainer (#3) and stopper seat (#5) and maybe the nut & washers (#2) because my ZX2 struts didn't come with the lock nuts
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i'm gonna go to local auto parts store and see if they know what i'm talking about and see if they have them also

thanks for any help in advance

#3 is most likly dealer only, #5 is the bump stop it comes with the dust boot in the "Monro Strutboot'

So i just ended up going to the junkyard to get these parts, yay!

Trevor wrote:#3 is most likly dealer only, #5 is the bump stop it comes with the dust boot in the "Monro Strutboot'

#5 is what they call a stopper seat, which is a big metal thing that goes on top of the dust boot, i figure to hold down the dust boot.

Go to the junk yard, find the escort with the fewest kms on it and take it's rear struts. The parts you're looking for will be in very good condition. You can take the rears apart in the yard too...there's very little pressure on the rear springs. I took struts off a 98 escort a few weeks ago with 113, 000km.

Evo_Spec wrote:So i just ended up going to the junkyard to get these parts, yay!

wytbishop wrote:Go to the junk yard, find the escort with the fewest kms on it and take it's rear struts. The parts you're looking for will be in very good condition. You can take the rears apart in the yard too...there's very little pressure on the rear springs. I took struts off a 98 escort a few weeks ago with 113, 000km.

did it have to be a ZX2? cause I'm in Calgary right now and had some free time and the yard here only had one ZX2 which looked like it had been sitting somewhere for a while before it was taken to the junkyard, but for some dumb reason i didn't look at the km's because it was the only one there so i just pulled the parts in excitement that there was a ZX2 there, funny thing about that was that i wasn't sure if it was a ZX2 so me and my gf were looking all over the car for any indication of it being a ZX2, the door sills, owner's manual, paper work inside the car, so i said screw it and started ripping apart the rear while my gf kept looking, and after i pulled off all the covers/plastics she said, "uhh....look up" i was facing the rear of the car and looked up at the rear window expecting to see a spider or something, it was 3 BIG a-- letters, i saw "2XZ" and went, "for f*** sakes...." and kept wrenching on the car. Now i don't have a 17mm wrench (or socket but i have the imperial that works) and the 2 17mm's seemed like they've never been removed so it was rusted to hell so there was no way of taking it off with the tools that i had on hand ($30 tool kit XD) so i sat there puzzled having no way to remove the strut mount and stopper seat when my gf came up with the most f'd up way of compressing a spring, which worked and i got everything out without TOO much effort. By the end it started thundering hard and then rain and hail came down and raped

i have pictures of it which i'll add later

*edit* pics can be found here: http://www.mx-3.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.ph ... &start=105" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So now you expect me to read EVERY post in the thread?

The only difference on the ZX2 is the rates of the springs and the valving in the shocks.

wytbishop wrote:So now you expect me to read EVERY post in the thread?

The only difference on the ZX2 is the rates of the springs and the valving in the shocks.

lol =P

oh...so i walked through the junkyard a couple times and went through stupid amounts of unnecessary work when i could of just found any unrusty escort and pulled the parts? gezzz...-_-