Hallum Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Hi All,A little bit perplexed. I am stripping the rear brakes, and came to the offiside and discovered an issue. The issue is that the hub is not parallel to the backplate. This means that when the drum is on it grinds at the bottom of the plate and sits about 10mm off the top of the plate. This is the case both with the suspension under load and without. I cannot understand why this is the case. This driveshaft is not bent as the shaft turns without oscillating, and the plate is properly fixed to its mount.Any ideas?ThanksH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 My gut reaction is that you need to check the bearing. To do that you need to disconnect the spring so it isn't putting it under tension. Or you may be able to try levering the upright about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 That looks bad, the hub does not look as though its square on the half shaft eitherI had this once and the half shaft had snapped inside the hub, giving a wobbly wheel lookThe shaft then parted and the wheel fell off inside the wheel arch ...at 50mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 It looks like the bearing's shot to me. As Clive suggests, you need to get it released from the spring to check, I would expect the shaft to have considerable in the vertical plane,Cheers,Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve.G Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 My Herald suffered in a similar way. The trunion bushes had seized up and the suspension only moved due to the play in the bearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallum Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Thanks for the replies guys, I managed to get the assembly stripped last night to discover a mutitude of issues. First as was suggested the big end bearing is shot. Then I next discovered that the needle bearing had competely gone, and has done significant damage to the half shaft which will need to be replaced. Thanks for the help, much aprriciated,Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallum Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Remnants of needle bearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallum Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Small end oil seal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallum Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Half shaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heraldcoupe Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Quoted from Hallum Half shaft Ooh... that's the worst I've seen in a long time!Cheers,Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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