<VV> How much wiggle?

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi Jim,

Most late models have some play as you've described.  It's probably not 
the bearings, it's the yoke moving in and out due to play in the 
retaining nuts inside the diff.  This was part of the topic a couple 
weeks ago which had to do with tearing down the diff and shimming up 
those nuts to remove the play.  It doesn't really hurt anything to have 
some play there, but it isn't good in a performance situation since the 
camber will change in unexpected ways.  If you can get someone to shake 
the wheel for you, you should observe the yoke moving in an out of the 
diff slightly.  That's the play.

--Bryan

On Friday, March 19, 2004, at 04:24 AM, Jim Bannister wrote:

> After repairing my sheared of u-joints on my '66 Corsa, the right rear 
> brake
> started grabbing like crazy.  I pulled the drum to take a look and all
> looked ok. No leaks or gook on the shoes or drum but I replaced the 
> wheel
> cylinder to be on the safe side. I noticed that after remounting the 
> wheel
> that there was a fair amount of play in the rear wheel bearing.  It 
> runs
> quietly and turns very smoothly, but the wiggle has me concerned.  The
> manual says max .006" end play.  If you grab the tire and shake it, 
> how much
> movement is allowed.  After shearing the u-joints on both sides, I 
> want to
> make sure that something else wasn't damaged in the process.