[Shotimes] Pulling upon acceleration

Rbade12@aol.com Rbade12@aol.com
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 13:00:35 EDT


 I did the 96 brake upgrade recently and have developed an odd deal. Upon 
acceleration, particularily while moving at 30+, the steering wheel will pull 
to the left.
 The spindle/hub[s] I purchased had some issues, particularily the passenger 
side. The bearing had big time play in it and new studs for mounting the 
wheel. I had new bearings/hubs installed on both sides. I could detect no 
outward appearance of accident damage to the spindles. Today, upon scanning 
the Forum I came upon a post authored by the list member I bought the 
spindles from offering info related to bearings not seating properly and 
alignment issues with front end damaged vehicles/spindles. I checked my 
alignment and it has changed some, especially passenger side and worst of all 
on the passenger side, I have play when I rock the wheel. All this leads me 
to believe, obviously at this point, that I purchased a damaged spindle that 
will not hold a bearing properly. I guess my question is, anyone else 
experience these symptoms and was it a bad spindle? If I get a new spindle 
can the bearing in the present one be used again or is it now damaged?
Should the machinist that pressed my bearings realized there was a problem? I 
believe I took it up the ass with this purchase from a fellow lister and 
would encourage all to ask every question they can think of before buying, 
trust no one!!  
 Bob Bade 93 MTX