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Rob-e91

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5th Jul 11 at 12:31

Theres lots of play in both front wheels, a mate said something about putting a spacer behind the hub

can anyone shed some light on this for me please?

Thanks

[Edited on 06-07-2011 by Rob-e91]

Gary

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6th Jul 11 at 12:26

Play where exactly?

Play is caused by worn bushes/bearings etc. Spacers wont help/

Rob-e91

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6th Jul 11 at 12:46

quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Play where exactly?

Play is caused by worn bushes/bearings etc. Spacers wont help/

If i jack the car up i can move the wheel from side to side, all bushes are new, not sure how old the wheel bearings are, could it be the bearings?

Rob-e91

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6th Jul 11 at 13:06

The washer that goes before the castle nut, is there supposed to be one of them before the hub aswell?

alan-g-w

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6th Jul 11 at 15:36

quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Play where exactly?

Play is caused by worn bushes/bearings etc. Spacers wont help/

Sorry mate but you dont know what you're talking about, if a bolt wasn't quite tight in its hole and the thing it was meant to hold down was still able to move you could say that it had play in it.

I've had this problem before, as if the castle nut's just not tightening up? a spacer/ bfo washer between hub and cv sorted it out.

Rob-e91

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6th Jul 11 at 20:26

Thanks for that! Do I use the same spacer as the one before the castle nut?

Gary

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7th Jul 11 at 14:33

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Originally posted by alan-g-w

quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Play where exactly?

Play is caused by worn bushes/bearings etc. Spacers wont help/

Sorry mate but you dont know what you're talking about, if a bolt wasn't quite tight in its hole and the thing it was meant to hold down was still able to move you could say that it had play in it.

I've had this problem before, as if the castle nut's just not tightening up? a spacer/ bfo washer between hub and cv sorted it out.

Did it come from factory like that? NO! So its worn then isnt it.

Gary

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7th Jul 11 at 14:35

He also said 'spacers behind the hub', not behind teh castle nut.

Bloody kids today!

alan-g-w

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7th Jul 11 at 20:37

You're just digging a hole for yourself, clearly a corsa didn't come from the factory with an xe in it but the reason for the guy's cv rattling about is, I think, because the hub needs machined to be bigger to accomodate the bigger cv, assuming it's mk3 astra/ cav/ cally cvs. It's not because it's worn, I thought you would be clued up on this sort of thing do you not fit hydraulics to cars or something?

And if we're being pedantic it's a washer behind the castle nut and no that's not what I used, I can't remember what I ended up using. Just make sure the inner diameter is big enough to go over the cv but the outer is big enough to cover the hub if you get me

[Edited on 07-07-2011 by alan-g-w]

Gary

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8th Jul 11 at 15:02

Never seen a machined hub on an XE conversion tbh.

He alse never mentioned an XE conversion, so stop being a cunt.

Rob-e91

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8th Jul 11 at 16:12

Another spamed / useless help thread lol. Alan I think I know what you mean about using some sort of washer on the cv though.

Thanks

alan-g-w

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9th Jul 11 at 09:22

Ill admit I thought it said xe, my bad there. I might have picked up something a bit wrong but gary you're just one of these people who think they know everything but clearly don't.

Rob-e91

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17th Jul 11 at 16:57

anyone know what sort of spacer i need to use?

corsadonk

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17th Jul 11 at 17:15

Can't you tighten up the nut anymore, they do need to be pretty tight.

alan-g-w

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17th Jul 11 at 18:48

the inner diameter needs to be big enough to fit over the spline shaft that the hub nut goes onto and the outer diameter big enough to butt against the back of the hub

[Edited on 17-07-2011 by alan-g-w]

Rob-e91

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17th Jul 11 at 20:27

Ok I'll try and make something up. Cheers

fazza

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17th Jul 11 at 21:57

I had similar issues on my old nova mate, the play was caused by the cv joints not having abs rings on which meant it couldnt sit flush into the hub

Might be worth a look

Rob-e91

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18th Jul 11 at 09:25

Are abs rings fixed to abs cv's, or are they seperate? Because if there seperate I could just get a set.

Thanks

fazza

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18th Jul 11 at 09:39

pretty sure you can buy the ABS ring seperately mate.

Give your local motor factors a call.

do you know what outer cv's your running? (standard corsa or bigblock cav/astra etc)

Mr-SEH

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18th Jul 11 at 09:55

sure your using corsa shafts and not nova shafts i had this problem

Rob-e91

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18th Jul 11 at 13:15

im not 100% sure but the lad i bought them off said there mtec corsa shafts, there definetly big block ones.

Rob-e91

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18th Jul 11 at 13:17

so if i get some washers today, all i need to do is put them over the outer cv before it goes through the hub?

Mr-SEH

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18th Jul 11 at 15:04

wow wow wow washes before it goes into the hub erm never heard of this just the thick washer behind the castle nut is the only one supose to be there, and i got told mine was corsa shafts but then kept popping out when i was driving took it off to find out it was a nova shaft

Rob-e91

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19th Jul 11 at 12:39

There definetly corsa shafts, dont know what else to do

Mr-SEH

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19th Jul 11 at 12:51

did u check lower ball joints mate? as i said yesterday?

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