Timken has a ton of stuff on this ... here's one:
http://www.timken.com/industries/automotive/autoaftermarket/techtips/TechTipsVol3Issue1-2005.pdf
bs
Frenken, Eric wrote:
>Alan,
>
>is it a big deal to remove the hub and shim the castle nut? With other words,
>can it be done by the average home mechanic? What is the right procedure? Can
>you recommend a piece of literature for that?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Eric
>www.brits-n-pieces.com
>
>Eric -
>
>Sounds to me like either your bearings are shot or your castle nut on
>the axle is not shimmed properly and is too loose.
>
>Either way you cut it, you need to remove the hub and inspect your
>bearings, and then reassemble and repack if all is well. Be sure the
>castle nut is shimmed properly so that the hub doesn't spin loose like
>it is doing now.
>
>The noise you are hearing is probably from the disc brake contacting
>the calipers or the rear dust plate. When you step on the brake it
>recenters the disc and the squeal goes away.
>
>This is potentially a very costly repair if you don't deal with it
>RIGHT NOW!! Don't drive the car until you fix the squeal.
>
>If that doesn't fix your noise problem, come back to the list, it
>could also be that you are missing anti-squeal shims and your caliper
>pistons are corroded and sticking on... but that is less likely that
>what I've described above.
>
>Regards,
>
>Alan
>
>'53 BN1
>'53 A90
>'64 BJ8
>
>[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/x-pkcs7-signature
>which had a name of smime.p7s]
>
>
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'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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