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240 hubs have 4 scallops on the front and 280 rotors have a completely smooth round shape. They take completely different rotors as well that have a very different offset. That said, the correct hub and rotor combo for either will put the disk at the same position since they both use the same caliper. You could have a 240 set on one side and a 280 set on the other and be just fine. You just can’t mix hubs and rotors. More likely you need to retract the pistons in the caliper all the way and then re-install. It will self center. Also a great reference discussing the differences http://240260280.com/Tech/General/Front Axle & Suspension/Wheel Bearing/index.html

Got it fixed. Sometimes you need to just walk away for a while. Removed the hub to recheck the races. Then noticed the hub had a piece of the dust shield bent under it, keeping it from seating all the way. That made perfect sense because I had to loosen the hub nut more than the 60 degrees that the manual states to get the hub to turn free. It never quite felt right.

Great advice. I've done it more than once. If however you decide to try this method to back up, leave a lot of space behind you.

If you need to drive it somewhere... Shut off the engine, put it in 1st gear and start the engine with it in gear. Shifting is fairly easy, let off the gas a little and it should be easy to pull out of gear and as the RPM's drop you should be able to slide it into the next gear without grinding. When you need to stop put it in neutral and stop. Shut of the engine and repeat above to go again.

I always use a soappump to empty those little reservoirs, you clean it up into the old soap bottle and when you cleaned out the reservoir with a clean rag (dispose the rag after that!) you then fill them with clean brakefluid. (now you don't have to pump all that stuf through your cylinder.. and your reservoir is also clean.) And when your ready emptying you screw that pump back in the bottle (ex soap bottle) and you don't get any brakefluid on your car or shop.. (what will damage your paint! ) Brake fluid.. you don't want that on your car or towels!

... mistaken identity Does this not look like Z? But it's off. Not sure what it actually is. 1:17.

Pull the rubber boots back and take a peek under boots on the clutch master and slave cylinder. If there is brake fluid in the boot, you've found the leaky cylinder. Over the years I've found that if I replaced the leaking cylinder and not the other, within a year I was replacing the other cylinder because of a leak. I recommend replacing both cylinders at the same time.

Never force it; just use a bigger hammer.

This isn't exactly topic related but it was painted in the early 80s and looked like a busted block wall with a new ZX inside. I saw this when I was a young teenager and it started my love for the style which from the front mimicked the 911s of the day. So simply put this started my Z interest. It looked great for a few years then then the neighborhood idiots started spraying all over it. The owner of Ed's Foriegn Car Parts kept it touched up and nice for a few years then just let it go. I went by there the other day and snapped this weak arse picture of my youth. They'll tear the building down soon but I've admired this since '83 maybe?