Help, wheel issue on rear driver side!
09-13-2014, 02:48 PM
#1
Help, wheel issue on rear driver side! I don't know if this thread goes here or in the suspension/brake section but here is the deal, I installed new set of wheels and tires (Michelin PSS's 18/35/275 all around) and Strano/Koni springs in the last month. Car drives great and I feel no vibrations or anything.
The other day a friend of mine told me he noticed a slight wobble on the rear driver side wheel. I have noticed a sort of squeaking noise from that side of the car when I start moving and a weird break noise when I apply the brakes at really slow speeds (kinda like how a semi sounds). The brake noise has been very intermittent while the squeaking I hear it all the time.
I work for a Toyota dealership and I had one of the mechanics take a quick look at it yesterday and while it was sitting there he noticed that that specific wheel is pointing inward a bit. Like if it has Toe-in sort of, is this normal? Im assuming it isn't since the other rear wheel looks straight. Could that be causing the slight wobble my friend saw?
The wheels and tires have been on for about a month (balanced and aligned) and the Koni/Stranos for a week but I haven't had it aligned after the suspension upgrade since I want to figure this out first. The car is a 2002 Z28 6Spd with 61K miles. Any help is greatly appreciated and sorry for the long post!
The other day a friend of mine told me he noticed a slight wobble on the rear driver side wheel. I have noticed a sort of squeaking noise from that side of the car when I start moving and a weird break noise when I apply the brakes at really slow speeds (kinda like how a semi sounds). The brake noise has been very intermittent while the squeaking I hear it all the time.
I work for a Toyota dealership and I had one of the mechanics take a quick look at it yesterday and while it was sitting there he noticed that that specific wheel is pointing inward a bit. Like if it has Toe-in sort of, is this normal? Im assuming it isn't since the other rear wheel looks straight. Could that be causing the slight wobble my friend saw?
The wheels and tires have been on for about a month (balanced and aligned) and the Koni/Stranos for a week but I haven't had it aligned after the suspension upgrade since I want to figure this out first. The car is a 2002 Z28 6Spd with 61K miles. Any help is greatly appreciated and sorry for the long post!
09-10-2015, 11:54 PM
#5
UPDATE: I replaced the entire rear end with one with 4.10 gears, new bearings, axles and seals. The only reused part were my backing plates, calipers and rotors. Wheel still wobbles. If it wasn't a bent axle or bad bearing what could it be? Can't figure it out, only thing left to change would be either the caliper or the rotors. But could that cause the wheel wobble?
09-16-2015, 03:27 AM
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Man.....im going through the same thing...first thet said wheel bearings, then the axles were bad, then it was rear end.....all that has been changed and I still get wobble...not as bad but noticeable, i have rims that are 5x120 and never had this issue before...I changed rear ends from a z28 on my ss same stock 3.42 but I still get wobble too...Im thinking rotors myself
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09-18-2015, 12:42 PM
#9
The wheel was the first thing that I eliminated from the equation. Swapped the rear wheels side to side and the one that didn't wobble started wobbling on the rear passenger side and the wheel that "had" the wobble spun perfectly on the rear driver side.
10-16-2015, 07:26 PM
#10
ANOTHER UPDATE: Swapped in new rotors and pads, re-greased all pins and contact points while I was in there. Passenger side wheel is fine now according to a buddy of mine who was looking at it while I was driving. He said the Driver side wheel has a small wobble however. So now I'm thinking it's one of two things, either the caliper might be going out and maybe not retracting fully (old brake pads were wearing unevenly on driver side) or maybe it is a bent wheel afterall. I'm gonna swap that wheel to the front and see if the problem persists with front wheel now in the back.
02-19-2016, 07:46 PM
#13
Yeah, I put it on a lift at work and had one of the mechanics look at it a while back. Didn't do it this time around, just rotated them to see if the wobble followed the wheel but it didn't. So it's not a bent wheel. I'm pretty much out of ideas at this point.
03-01-2016, 03:45 PM
#17
I have taken the caliper off a couple of months ago when I put new pads and rotors on but I did not mount the wheel without the caliper and spun it to check. I do remember the pads showing uneven wear on the driver side when I replaced them. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "runout." Would you care to explain what you mean? Thanks
03-02-2016, 10:27 AM
#18
You use a dial indicator mounted to a fixed surface (differential housing) and put the needle on flat face of the rotating component (rotor, axle flange where wheel bolts to); rotate until you find the lowest point and zero the gauge. Record the highest reading and that is your runout. You can use this procedure for any rotating component. Specs can usually be found by google. I can also get them if you can't find them.