if the lugnuts/wheels are tight, I'm not sure how you'd get any play w/ the rotor. Lugnuts should draw it all tight?
unless you're bottoming the lugnuts out
unless you're bottoming the lugnuts out
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Spindle Headache and Rotor Question
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evolve991
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I can't figure it out either. Maybe the manufacturer cheaped out on thickness? I thought when I snugged up the lug nuts it would sock up tight. I got some grade 8 washers on the way home that should fit the studs and the hollows in the rotor. The rotor I pulled off was tight. Studs didn't look chewed up. I'm thinking the knurl hits the hub before the rotor face flushes up against it.
The only reason I thought it might be ok is because on my daughters car the rotor just slides onto the studs and the caliper locks it tight. I figured if that was OK mine would be too.
The only reason I thought it might be ok is because on my daughters car the rotor just slides onto the studs and the caliper locks it tight. I figured if that was OK mine would be too.
evolve991
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Thanks Phil
The factory had "swedged" the lug studs against the rotor/hub assembly,they put just a slight shoulder on the studs, to hold the rotor tight to the hub..--this is "lost" once the studs get pounded out and replaced when a new rotor is installed--but I've not had any issues with looseness after tightening the lug nuts to the right specs..if a stud was not fully seated in the hub it can seat after you have driven it awhile,but the lug nut would be loose if that were the case..
evolve991
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The lugs did just barely turn some more the other day but still got that clunk at low speeds. It stops when I hit the brakes. Gonna get new studs and see if that helps.
Sure its not a caliper moving around,or a loose shock bushing ,or a hogged out frame hole for the upper shock mount ?--the frames like to crack there also...could be leaf spring bushings or center bolt sheared or loose too...
