[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