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nuwala · 02-14-2016, 02:04 PM

I have difficulties adjusting the rear brakes and believe the cause in the rear axle play. Most of the times brake drums get hot, despite the wheels spinning free without brake fiction when car is lifted. The temperature of the drums is measured with infrared thermometer to approx 250°F - 300°F when driving.

Left and right is about the same play in the axle, all measured with the hubs and drums mounted, and hub nut tight with 100Nm:
- vertical play - wheel up/down is 0,08"
- horizontal play - wheel forward/backward is 0,02"
- axial play - wheel in/out is 0,06"

What worries me is that difference in horizontal and vertical play. I have removed the hub and measured the diameter of axle race both in a horizontal, and in a vertical. The difference between horizontal and vertical was less than 0,04". So there is another 0,04" missing?

- What would be your recommendation?
- Time to change the rear bearings?
- Shall the axle race be changed as well? How to remove the old and install the new race? Can his be done with the axle still mounted?

02-14-2016, 02:04 PM	#1
nuwala Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Germany / Munich Posts: 36	best cure for vertical play on rear axle ? I have difficulties adjusting the rear brakes and believe the cause in the rear axle play. Most of the times brake drums get hot, despite the wheels spinning free without brake fiction when car is lifted. The temperature of the drums is measured with infrared thermometer to approx 250°F - 300°F when driving. Left and right is about the same play in the axle, all measured with the hubs and drums mounted, and hub nut tight with 100Nm: - vertical play - wheel up/down is 0,08" - horizontal play - wheel forward/backward is 0,02" - axial play - wheel in/out is 0,06" What worries me is that difference in horizontal and vertical play. I have removed the hub and measured the diameter of axle race both in a horizontal, and in a vertical. The difference between horizontal and vertical was less than 0,04". So there is another 0,04" missing? - What would be your recommendation? - Time to change the rear bearings? - Shall the axle race be changed as well? How to remove the old and install the new race? Can his be done with the axle still mounted?