Re: Mystery bolt in the passenger side half shaft assembly - 1995 LE sedan, 4-cyl

A mystery it is. I know that everytime it is removed it should be replaced.

Although to get another one it has to be a kit. Much more money than a 
simple bolt ..
My question is that if it is worn what does it prevent ? I'm quite sure 
there is knull marks on the bottom of it.  I would like to find out 
everything there is to know about this bolt also.

I made a mistake and took it out & sprayed grease in the hole. I don't
think 
I should have done that.

>I found a small bolt which seems to do nothing in its place...
>
> Passenger side half shaft, the longer one, has a bearing.
> The bearing is secured in the bearing mount with a snap ring.
> On the bottom side of the bearing mount there is a bolt,
> maybe 15mm hex head and 1/2" maybe 3/8" long, which
> screws up into the bearing mount, but it is too short to touch
> it the bearing itself. When I removed the shaft and its bearing
> and feel the place where the bolt was expected to stick out
> I could feel a deep hole, so the bolt was far, far to short to
> make any contact with the bearing...
>
> What is this bolt for? Is this some kind of grease point or what?