Rear Wheels Wobble

[livedsm4g63]

Well every since i did my rear breaks my rear tires are both wobbling. When the tire is tightened down the rotor should move with the tire. Well on mine, i can move the tire back and forth a little and the rotor stays in place. I found out that if i place washers in-between the rotor and my rim, the wobble starts to go away. Any idea what this could be? I dont believe its a wheel bearing.

Thanks for the help!

 

[97gst_spyder]

Did you change lug nuts? Different rims? Wrong rotors?

 

[livedsm4g63]

Stock rims, rotors are the same as the ones that came off, and lug nuts are new.

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Did you get the right kind of lug nuts? The stock ones have a shoulder with a washer built in. If you don't have those kind or are missing some of the washers that will happen.

 

[livedsm4g63]

OEM Lug nuts

 

[L0ckett]

Does it wobble from side to side and front to back? Any weird noises when driving?

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Then I'm assuming that all the washers are on there. That's pretty weird. Maybe you need to clean up the back of the rim where it meets the rotor hat. You also maybe have some rust buildup behind the rotor or something. Might be worth taking one side completely back apart and see if you can see anything wrong.

 

[livedsm4g63]

Hmm, I'll have to take it off and check it out. Any other reasons why there would be a gap in-between the rim and the rotor?

 

[rare1]

If the rims are aluminum,chances are its just corrosion.Take a wire wheel to the backside.Stock rims are made with very little clearence between wheels and hubs.

 

[livedsm4g63]

But there's way to much clearance. Like something is missing in-between the rotor and the rim.

 

[97gst_spyder]

Wheel spacers?

 

[livedsm4g63]

Are there supposed to be some in-between? I didnt think there was supposed to be. Its all stock back there.

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Are there supposed to be some in-between? I didnt think there was supposed to be. Its all stock back there.

No, there is not supposed to be any spacers back there if you are all stock. I would have to agree with rare1. Those stock aluminum wheels can get pretty nasty and if you don't get it cleaned up, especially around the very inner ring behind the center caps it just won't want to sit flush.

 

[livedsm4g63]

Come to think of it, I rotated the tires not that long ago and the fronts dont wobble but the rears still do..

 

[ramsack]

I would like to know if this is after you torque the lug nuts or if you just can't push the wheel on all the way. There's no way corrosion or rust would not allow lug nuts to pull the wheel tight against the rotor. The studs are either too long, the lug nuts too shallow, or the rotor's hub is too thin. Maybe someone put extended lug studs on the rears. I'd jack it up and compared the length of the front studs versus the rears.

 

[livedsm4g63]

This is after it is torqued down. I went ahead and bought some open ended lugs just for the heck of it, and it still did the same thing. The only thing left would be the rotor/wheel bearing? What if getting off the old rotors the bearings slid inward? The old ones were on there good so i had to get a mallet and man handle them off. Or maybe they sold me the wrong set of rotors?

 

[ramsack]

Another thing I just thought of is that the hub is actually longer than the depth in the wheel for the hub to go into, which would be a wheel or rotor problem. A wheel bearing problem would present itself with the wheel off, and if you were actually able to get the wheel tight to the rotor, both of them would move together.

 

[2GbTalonGuy]

There are a few different styles of OEM lug nuts. Did you get the right ones?

 

[livedsm4g63]

They are the right lugs.

I was able to take it off and i realized that my rotor is not butting up against the rub. It seems as if the caliper is holding it further out, and the hub is recessed in. For a visual, i can press in on the bottom of the rotor and it moves a lot.

 

[ramsack]

It's time to post pictures or a video.