| Author | Message | ||
     Robert Sublett (Rubisco98) Senior Member Username: Rubisco98 Post Number: 943 Registered: 04-2002 |
Ok, I was swapping out my wheels/tires tonight back to my ATs and was just torquing all the lugs down and the last wheel I came to was my passenger side rear. I noticed that when applying force that it moves fore and aft. If I grab the tire up top and shake forward and back I get no movement that I can sense. However, if I put a hand on each side of the tire, one toward the front of the truck and one toward the back, I can rock the whole thing back and forth. I pulled the wheel back off, and tried simply moving the rotor thinking possibly a wheel bearing. Anyhow, I couldn't get the rotor to move on its own. I'm thinking possibly something is loose, or bushings shot on the rear trailing arm over there. It was wet and getting dark so I put it off until the morning to crawl underneath and have a look see. Thought maybe someone on here could help.. Thanks in advance for tips.. RS | ||
| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Senior Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 352 Registered: 10-2002 |
Are you sure its not the bearings? I think it was Paul who said that a moving wheel is a good test of bad bearings? Dont drive around with bad bearings. I grenaded an entire swivel and axle by doing so a couple years ago. | ||
| Robert Sublett (Rubisco98) Senior Member Username: Rubisco98 Post Number: 944 Registered: 04-2002 |
Checked out the bushings back there, they seem fine. No play in the rear arm or anything that I could tell. I double checked and the drivers side rear doesn't do this. | ||
| Jim H. (Victor_mature) Member Username: Victor_mature Post Number: 114 Registered: 02-2003 |
Remove the 5 16mm bolts and remove the axle shaft (shouldn't need a puller, just give it a tug). That'll allow you to spin/yank/pull on the rotor and see if there's any slop or growl in the bearing. Yank the pads out if you need to. Jim |
