Help with loose rotor after lug nuts tight! Please!!
10-12-2014, 12:39 AM
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Help with loose rotor after lug nuts tight! Please!!
I just changed my front rotors and brake pads, and when I tighten the lug nuts with the wheel back on, the wheel still wobbles. Any ideas on why that might be happening? Help please!!
10-12-2014, 12:55 AM
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Take the wheel back off and inspect. If you push on the rotor, does it wobble? or is it planted firmly?
Are you sure you bought the right rotors?
How bad is the wobble? Maybe you have some bad bearings and you just realized the problem. Did you move the wheel prior to the brake job?
OEM wheels and lugnuts or aftermarket?
Are you sure you bought the right rotors?
How bad is the wobble? Maybe you have some bad bearings and you just realized the problem. Did you move the wheel prior to the brake job?
OEM wheels and lugnuts or aftermarket?
10-12-2014, 09:39 AM
#4
the wheels locks to the hub, the rotor will be lose after you install new ones, once you apply the brakes the pads the rotors will be locked in place. As per the wheels wobbling, hummmm that's doesn't make sense unless the bearings are bad. You would have noticed a vibration on the steering wheel if the hub bearings are bad.
10-13-2014, 01:49 PM
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Others have posted this, but it could very well be a bad wheel bearing. Have you noticed any vibration or excess noise when driving? Is this happening on both sides or just one?
I had the passenger front wheel bearing go bad on my car, and as a result the wheel hub wore down significantly. I had noticed some occasional very minor vibration, and when I would turn hard to the left at parking lot speeds, I would sometimes hear some strange noise from the passenger front wheel area. When I raised the vehicle off the ground and checked things, I was shocked at how much play there was in the wheel. When I held the wheel at 6 and 12, and tried to move it, I bet there was a full inch of movement fore and aft. The amount of play surprised me, and also caused me concern that the bearing and hub were very badly needing replacement, yet hadn't exhibited symptoms that I considered very significant.
Once I changed the bearing & hub, I was surprised how much quieter the car was when moving. I had apparently gotten used to a slowly increasing level of "white noise" almost like a toned down version of the air rushing noise you hear when you are at cruising altitude in an airplane.
I had the passenger front wheel bearing go bad on my car, and as a result the wheel hub wore down significantly. I had noticed some occasional very minor vibration, and when I would turn hard to the left at parking lot speeds, I would sometimes hear some strange noise from the passenger front wheel area. When I raised the vehicle off the ground and checked things, I was shocked at how much play there was in the wheel. When I held the wheel at 6 and 12, and tried to move it, I bet there was a full inch of movement fore and aft. The amount of play surprised me, and also caused me concern that the bearing and hub were very badly needing replacement, yet hadn't exhibited symptoms that I considered very significant.
Once I changed the bearing & hub, I was surprised how much quieter the car was when moving. I had apparently gotten used to a slowly increasing level of "white noise" almost like a toned down version of the air rushing noise you hear when you are at cruising altitude in an airplane.
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