Wilwood disc brakes - Lateral-g Forums

Vegas69 · #1 04-01-2008, 07:44 AM

It's possible you have a bent spindle. The correct way to install a wheel bearing is snug with a pair of pliers or torqe, and back the castle nut off one hole. Good luck.

deuce_454 · #2 04-01-2008, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegas69

It's possible you have a bent spindle. The correct way to install a wheel bearing is snug with a pair of pliers or torqe, and back the castle nut off one hole. Good luck.

good thinking!

My68myway · #3 04-01-2008, 10:32 AM

I dont think its a bent spendle because they were changed when i did the disc brake converson and it hasnt taken any hard hits or anything like that to bend one. i set up a dial indicator on everything thinking that maybe i warped a hub and that was causing some sort of stress on them but everything came out with less than 2 thousands runout so i figured that was pretty good. Does anyone think that that one messed up control arm bushing on the rear of the upper control arm would make a big enough difference in camber to cause excess pressure on the outer wheel bearing?

fvike · #4 04-02-2008, 12:37 PM

I'm thinking you either don't have enough grease in there (the grease cap should be jam-packed) or are you running huge-ass spacers on your wheels?

My68myway · #5 04-02-2008, 04:53 PM

I havent packed the cups of the hubs so ill try that but im going to take some pictures of something i noticed the other day and see if that can get any wheels turning in some heads, ill try and post them sometime tonight

My68myway · #6 04-02-2008, 05:30 PM

these are the pics of what i think is causing the outer bearing to fail prematurely, the pic where the wheel is straight up all i did was had the car in park and turned the wheel all the way to the right, the other pic where the tire is leaning i took while in the middle of a right turn, and i know this is kind of a huge thing to leave out but its only the drivers side thats giving me problems. i just noticed this the other day and thats why i was asking about the ATS site because my control arm bushings are poly but the upper rear one on the drivers side has a little bit of play in it, and i was wondering if that play could be leading to the camber problems resulting in that outer bearing having to much strain on it causing it to fail.

deuce_454 · #7 04-03-2008, 02:17 AM

wow thats a really cool picture showing bushing deflection... your bearings really should be able to take that strain... but if your b´not totally anal about packing your bearings with grease... you should be dirty up to your elbows when you are done.. yhey will fail prety quick

and get som del-alum bushings (and solid body mount bushings).. you wil feel a world of difference