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Re: rear clunking cont.

To: british-cars@Alliant.COM
Subject: Re: rear clunking cont.
From: mit-eddie!iris.brown.edu!ejd@EDDIE.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 89 06:00:38 EST
Sorry to post this, but I can't get a clear reply path to Lydia...

Re: the aforementioned clunking...does the hub move with the wheel when you 
rotate
the RR wheel?  You may be able to tell by watching the brake drum.  If the 
hub/drum _IS_ moving with the wheel, the problem would seem to lie inside the
rear axle assembly.  If the the hub _IS NOT_ moving with the wheel, I would
suspect the splines.  Did you tighten the hub nut to spec? Was the wheel fully
seated in the splines when you were tightening down the knock-off?

Either way, you should be able to handle things on your own with a modicum of 
tools
or head to a mechanic to either repair the axle ass'y or the hub itself.  I'd 
bet
on the hub/splines being the problem.

ed


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