I've run into another problem with my suspension rebuild. One of the brake
drums won't seat on the rear hub. It has a wobble somewhere. The problem is
not in the drum itself, as the drum works fine on the contralateral side. I
can only get one of the set screws in at a time, as the drum just won't sit
flat. I have wire wheels, and I installed the adapter to see if the drum would
sit square. I don't see any obvious run out, but something is amiss. On the OK
side, the center of the hub protrudes just slightly through the hole in the
brake drum. On the bad side, the the hub does not even come up flush to the
flat surface of the brake drum. It seems that there is something wrong with
the
hub or brake plate. I've not done anything to the hub. I did have some trouble
getting the brake back plate over the studs of the trailing arm, It was also
a bit of work to get the hub over the studs. When I helicoiled in new studs,
one was less than straight. I wacked it with a hammer to straighten it out.
Everything seemed to go together Ok afterwards. The hub/brake back plate seem
to be sitting flat against the trailing arm. Any ideas where to look? When I
took the drums off, there were no set-screws. But the drum definitely needs
to seat square. Also, I was surprised at how little 16 lbs of torque feels
like when attaching the hub to the trailing arm. It took almost that much to
get past the nyloc part of the nut.
Joe Davis
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