[TR] Specifications of warp in front hub?

Cosmo Kramer tr4a2712 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 7 07:15:37 MST 2011


Hi List!

Well, I sent this (or at least I thought that I sent it) yesterday, then 
received my TR Digest & did NOT see it posted & I haven't received another TR 
Digest yet. So I'm sending it again, to explain why you have seen this thread 
before.

I took the advice of the list to measure the difference in lateral deviation in 
my front hub, because people who drive by me yell to me that my left. F. 
wheel has a wobble in it. Using the dial indicator attached to a magnetic base & 
the dial's needle out to the outside edge of the hub's face. I then moved 
the rotor in a circular forward motion without turning the rotor laterally left 
or right.

.030" is the lateral deviation of the hub's face, or the amount of warp of the 
hub''s face.

Questions:
1- What is the max. amount of warp excepted in the front hub before having the 
hub's face resurfaced?  I know that the max. amount of warp on the flywheel is 
no more than .003", but what's it for the front hub before having to have it 
refaced?

2- I found that one wheel stud was so loose that I could push it out with just 
my figure. Could that be the cause of the wheel wobble?    I can fix that later, 
but I'm wondering if I need to have the hub resurfaced, because I'll then have 
to disassemble the hub from the rotor & remove all the 4 wheel studs before 
taking it to a machinist.

3- Can this operation take place on a normal lath?   OR   Is there a special 
machine to do this operation?
TIA,-Cosmo Kramer 


      


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