1929 Model A rear wheels

[datacompal]

I have been helping a relative work on his collection of Model As
and I have run into something I don't know about.
When the car is going sown the road, the rear wheels wobble. I have
already checked and made sure the rims aren't bent and that the lug nuts
are tight.
Is this a major repair or something simple that can be taken care on the car?

[Keith True]

Sounds like when the rear hubs/drums were put on the key rode up a little bit in the axle while sliding them on.I would check for that first before looking for bent or warped parts.

[Ivan in southeast va.]

Make sure that the rear axle nuts are torqued to approximately 100 ft.lbs

[ModelA29]

Have you switched the wheels on that car? I couldn't find it again but I think that some wheels didn't sit tight on the drum allowing them to flex/warp when tightened down.

[datacompal]

Thank you for all the responses. Gives me a starting point to

look at before tearing the car apart.

[Y-Blockhead]

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Originally Posted by ModelA29

Have you switched the wheels on that car? I couldn't find it again but I think that some wheels didn't sit tight on the drum allowing them to flex/warp when tightened down.

Only if he has very early '28 wheels on a later car would that become a problem.

[ModelA29]

Originally Posted by Y-Blockhead

Only if he has very early '28 wheels on a later car would that become a problem.

I knew there could be a problem but wasn't sure why. He mentioned his friend had a "collection" of Model As so I thought maybe they could have swapped some wheels around.