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Re: rear end now shudders

To: "Keith Meinhold" <keith@navyboy.com>
Subject: Re: rear end now shudders
From: "James Franks" <jimmble@adelphia.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 05:08:20 -0400
Keith,

Unfortunately, your rear bearing on that side is failing. Park the car
until you can replace it.

Sorry, Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Meinhold" <keith@navyboy.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Cc: <keith@navyboy.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 9:14 PM
Subject: rear end now shudders


> Ok I just put in new bushings, converted over to tube shocks and put
in new
> springs.  I drove the car about 20 miles, and it was great, but then
> something happened.  The fact that I tested the limits of adhesion
earlier
> may have contributed to the event.
>
> The rear end tends to shudder almost like driving over a washboard (at
say 2
> to 7MPH).  At higher speeds it is just a vibration I can feel in the
shift
> lever. I put the car in the air and noticed that the right rear wheel
could
> move, or jiggle like the lug nuts were slightly loose  except they
were
> not.  I took the wheel and brake drum off and notices that I could
jiggle
> the studs in and out about 1/8 inch as well.
>
> The bolts connecting the inner axle to the drive flange on the
differential
> are tight. The nylock nuts holding the rear hub housing to the
trailing arm
> are also tight, the brake assembly does not move, and is held in tight
by
> the hub housing.  The hub and outer axle shaft appear move in and out
about
> 1/8 inch.
>
> 76 TR6
> Keith Meinhold
> 66 Marston Avenue
> San Francisco CA 94112
>
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