[Healeys] Rear End Shimmy

[David Nock]

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David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Jun 24, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Alan Seigrist Blue 100 wrote:

> No, I'm not talking about Christina Aguilera!
>
>
> I have a very mysterious rear end shimmy at all speeds, whether in  
> gear or
> out of gear.
>
> When going slow it feels like one of my rear wheels is out of  
> round.  It is
> somewhat severe and getting worse... to the point the car shakes  
> quite a bit
> at speeds over 40mph.  I can feel the shimmy in the seat of the car  
> even
> doing 10-15 mph.
>
> I have checked for oil leaks around the rear hubs (there are none)  
> but I
> don't expect any because I had just tightened the spline lugs on  
> both sides
> just about a month ago.  No oil is leaking, so I know the lugs are  
> tight.
>
> I have a BJ8 with Cape's rear disc brake conversion kit, so it  
> can't be
> drums out of round.  I've looked at the discs closely and they  
> don't seems
> to have any scoring so it doesn't appear that the hub is loose, but  
> It is
> hard for me to confirm.
>
> There is no noise or whining of any sort, so I don't think the rear  
> hub
> bearing is bad.
>
> The only thing that I can think of is the hub's octagon fixing-nut  
> has come
> loose somehow and the rear hub bearing is now sitting in a slightly  
> offset
> position.
>
> Any other thoughts before I start ripping the rear end all apart?
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
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