Bent Axles or Hub? - RX8Club.com

03-23-2014, 06:47 PM

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Wrong call

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03-29-2014, 01:03 PM

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The hub is likely your issue..the axle can be quite bent before you would notice it at all...as the control arms hold the spindle/hub still. The only thing that can wobble is the bearing in the hub

Do you have excessive play in the bearing??

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03-30-2014, 05:37 AM

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2nd video is set on private

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03-30-2014, 09:57 AM

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Fixed!

What fixed it?

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04-03-2014, 10:45 PM

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Well fix the third video now too.

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04-06-2014, 03:43 AM

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Even if it was the diff (which it isn't) with a pair of joints in the axle the axle itself would just orbit and not affect the hub end

It has to be on the wheel/hub end. Usually it is the wheel. Even if you changed wheels did you verify they are straight on a balancer machine and that they are mounting flat on the hub face (use plastigage like with checking engine bearing clearance)

If you changed the hub, hub axle stub, & bearing then it has to be the wheel

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