Today I swapped my rear short side axle with another one which has had a brand new bearing put on it. Tightened everything up and went for a quick test drive and noticed the brakes were pulsing while braking. I had a look at the rear wheel while driving and noticed it was wobbling quite a bit, almost as if the wheel was about to fall off
I stopped and checked everything and it was all tight. This had me stumped because I could understand a wobble if the bearing was stuffed, but this is a brand new bearing, no play at all. The only cause I could think of for the wobbling wheel and pulsing brakes was that either the diff housing is bent, or the axle itself is bent slightly.
So I decided to put my old axle back in to see if the wheel still wobbled. It didn't, all was fine. So this narrows it down to this new axle with the new bearing.
I do know that the axle is out of a sierra that was rolled. My question is....is it possible the axle itself it bent? causing the wobble, or could the studs the brake drum bolts to possibly be bent??
This has me stumped, and its a shame because its a waste of a good bearing that someone *cough*bluesuzy*cough* spent time and money putting on
looks like im going shopping tomorrow! 1 axle and handbrake pins and clips!