sounds to me like the brake dust shield got a little bent when you where
pulling of the hub/rotor just bend it back so it is not touching the
rotor or since it was wobbly at one point possible bad wheel bearings.
The part about tightening the nut sounds like you are missing the spacer
that is supposed to be between the bearings.
Regards,
Peter S.
>Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 17:25:50 -0500
>From: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
>To: Spridgets <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
>Subject: hubs and such
>Reply-To: "J. Adrian Barnes" <adrian@icx.net>
>
>This is a lengthy description, but feel it's necessary to explain the
>problem:
>
>As some of you know, I am trying to rebuild the braking system on this
>body shell I have. I have no experience with the shell...I don't know
>what the suspension was like because the car was never drivable at any
>time that I have known it, and the suspension was from yet another car.
>Anyway, the front two hubs/rotors were different-ish, like one had been
>replaced/updated at some point, but for all I know they could have come
>from different cars too. One disc had a round mating plate to the hub,
>the other has sort of a square shape, like my new replacements. The
>round one came off with a lot of rubber hammer action, then came apart
>(separating the hub from the disc) just fine. Popped the hub in the
new
>disc, slid it back on, tightened the bolts and it's fine. The other
>slid right off the axle/shaft but had to really be rubber hammered to
>get the hub out of the disc. There was also a lot more grease
>everywhere. Put the pieces together and slid it back on. While
>rotating, it made sort of a buzzing/rubbing sound, so I took it off to
>look at it. Slid it back on and it started rotating in a wobbly
>fashion. Took it off again. Put it back on and it started rotating
>fine, but with the sound again. I though it might be okay still, so I
>put the washer back on and tightened the big nut. As it tightened, the
>wheel quit turning freely, and finally got hard to turn. The wheel
>rotated freely as I remember before removal.
>
>Any ideas what could be wrong? I appreciate any help you might have to
>offer, and plenty big thanks in advance!
>
>adrian
>'75 Midget pieces all over the house
>
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