Could this be a bad wheel bearing????
Valerie Stabenow, 62 MGA MkII, 67 TR4a, 69 XK-E FHC, 73 TR-6, 81 Corvette
Coupe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Meinhold" <keith@navyboy.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Cc: <keith@navyboy.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 8:14 PM
Subject: rear end now shudders
> Ok I just put in new bushings, converted over to tube shocks and put in
new
> springs. I drove the car about 20 miles, and it was great, but then
> something happened. The fact that I tested the limits of adhesion earlier
> may have contributed to the event.
>
> The rear end tends to shudder almost like driving over a washboard (at say
2
> to 7MPH). At higher speeds it is just a vibration I can feel in the shift
> lever. I put the car in the air and noticed that the right rear wheel
could
> move, or jiggle like the lug nuts were slightly loose except they were
> not. I took the wheel and brake drum off and notices that I could jiggle
> the studs in and out about 1/8 inch as well.
>
> The bolts connecting the inner axle to the drive flange on the
differential
> are tight. The nylock nuts holding the rear hub housing to the trailing
arm
> are also tight, the brake assembly does not move, and is held in tight by
> the hub housing. The hub and outer axle shaft appear move in and out
about
> 1/8 inch.
>
> 76 TR6
> Keith Meinhold
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