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Suspension is done, but I have a new noise


VaGuS510

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I finished my whole suspension. I gave the car fresh: bushings, tie rods, ball joints, shocks, and wheel bearings. But when i took it for its first drive last night I heard an awefull grinding (metal on metal sound) coming from the left rear. This sound would be louder and more common when turning to the right. First I thought that the brakes were rubing but they were cool after driving for 10-15 minutes. Then I looked under the car an saw that the drum was rubbing the backing plate. This was easily fixed but I have another problem. Why turning left affect this noise? It seems that the hub should have no give in it. What is the deal here. I don't want to fix the backing plate until I am sure that this is the only thing that is wrong. My only guess is that the hub isn't torqued enough. Let me hear what you think.

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I guess this depends on the clearance we're talking about. I would expect that there would be some flex in the axle and some give in the backing plate due to g-forces, but if the two together are flexing more than a milimeter or perhaps two I would be concerned. Otherwise, bend the backing plate a bit and be done with it.

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That is what I was thinking. I don't want future problems with my wheel bearings. I don't have a 200ft. lb. torque wrench so I had to guess on the torque. My only idea is that it isn't tight enough. I used a 3 ft cheater bar and tried to estimate 70 lbs. That would be about 210 ft. lb. I don't know. I just don't want to have to replace any of these parts again for a long while.

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