Bert,
It's hard to tell exactly what is wrong without close inspection, but I
would suspect one of 3 things:
1) The hubs have not been properly shimmed so the hub nut is not drawing up
tight.
2) The bearing races in the hub are worn allowing sloppiness in the hub to
bearings.
3) The bearings themselves are worn allowing free play in the hub.
Cheers,
Lew Palmer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Bert Ljungstrom
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 7:02 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Hub Assembly not seating right
Front end suspension reassembly moving slowly but moving, at least.
Having completed reassembly with fully rebuil stub axles, new springs and
nylon bushes I refit repacked hubs. Only problem is they don't seem to be
seating just right. After sliding the hubs on and torquing to the specified
amount the new rotors brush against the dust covers. Because the touch is
over only about 1-1.5 in of the disk edge I at first thought the rotors
weren't true. On closer inspection it becomes clear the hub is ''sagging'
on
the stub axle, with just enough play to make the outer edge of the rotor
touch
the dust cover. I tried applying a little extra torque to better seat the
bearings and then backing off to no avail.
Anyone have any ideas on what I am doing wrong here. The experts in my club
say this should be a very easy thing, no muss no fuss.
Thanks,
Bert Ljungstrom
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