[Shotimes] Passenger side half-shaft question

[Steve Weinrich]

I would suspect the wheel bearing or the intermediate shaft carrier bearing
as those are what supports the axle.  The axle just slides through the wheel
bearing...

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 2:21 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] Passenger side half-shaft question


> Jon Zane will appreciate this one.  For a long time I've experienced a
> vibration problem at high speed that wasn't cured by wheel balancing.
> Most of the hardware has been replaced in the front-end, including the
> driver's side half-shaft.
>
> While I had the car on jack stands with the wheels still on, I locked the
> driver's side front wheel and applied the e-brake.  Then ran the car in
> second gear and observed the rotation of the passenger-side wheel.  I
> pointed a flashlight at the axle, and I can see a definite wobble and a
> slight hop in the wheel.
>
> Time to replace the axle, right?  In other words, I assume an out of
> balance tire won't cause the axle to wobble...
> --
> Thanks and Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson - 201K
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