Urgent - Play in New Front Hubs/Bearings
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Old Timer
The car is still on axle stands (and will be for a while yet until I'm finished with the resto), and I am wondering if this play is normal because of the fact I haven't got the axle nut torqued up yet on the drive shafts?
Can anybody confirm this asap before the Engineering Shop removes a perfectly good bearing in the morning!!
If this is not normal, does anybody know why I would suddenly have play in a brand new bearing/hub assembly just from fitting the hub carrier to the wishbone/strut?
Thanks
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Local Hero
If the axle is in and not tight it could be the axle that is causing the play are you sure that there isn't any left or right wobble to the rotor? as that is what you would see if the axle isn't installed as to play. The Axle would make it tighter by putting torque on the nut.
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Old Timer
That's what is making me think it's just because the axle nut is not torqued onto the drive shaft.
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Local Hero
With the thing off the car it is hard to get purchase for a good wobble feel, but once you start to button it up, and now you don't have to try to hold it you are seeing more play…. It is probably ok, just don't move or rotate it too much.
Powder coat the axles? I usually wipe them off and repaint, or my rebuilder does it for me.
I can have the axles rebuilt for 50 bucks each.. I prefer to have some one else get "Greasy".
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Old Timer
Ref the powder coating, it's a full nut & bolt resto (I have a project thread on this forum), so my aim is to get it as close to new as I can. I've got new inner & outer CV joints to fit once the shafts are returned. It's been a 4 year project so far.
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