no 4 254 641 to gauer et al having the same assignee as the present invention the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference as shown in fig1 and 2 the spin tube 60 extends through an aperture 38 in the tub 24 and is attached to the wash basket 26 by a drive block 66 a hold down nut 68 is threaded onto the drive block 66 such that a portion of the wash basket 26 is clamped between the drive block 66 and the hold down nut 68 it can be seen that the aperture 38 in the tub 24 is generally aligned with a central aperture 72 in the wash basket 26 along the center axis c u2014 c it can be seen in fig2 and 3 that the drive block 66 has an upper portion 74 a threaded portion 76 a middle portion 78 and a lower portion 80 the threaded portion is positioned between the upper portion and the middle portion the upper portion 74 comprises a generally tubular portion 82 positioned above a joint assembly area 64 where the wash plate can be mounted to the spin drive tube there is an aperture 84 extending along the length of the upper portion for receiving the output shaft 62 the aperture 84 is positioned generally along the center axis c u2014 c the upper portion may have threads 86 positioned along the outside surface 88 of the tubular portion 82 so the drive block upper portion can be threadingly mated with the spin tube if so desired the threaded portion 76 is generally circular.