Re: [alfa] axle shaft help

["Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I picked up my 1965 Sprint GT at the factory in Milano - it came through 
brand new with an axle shaft that was slihjtly bent!

Gwynne Spencer

At 10:13 AM 6/11/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>I've been having a persistent squeak (more like a chirp acutally) coming 
>from my driver's side rear brake ever since I changed the pads & disk. 
>When I pulled the wheel off to hit it with some anti-squeal, I noticed it 
>did seem to drag a bit, but not evenly... 
>drag-smooth-drag-smooth-drag-smooth-drag-smooth. When I looked through the 
>caliper the disk seemed to be wobbling back and forth about 1-2mm. 
>However, when I pulled the passenger side wheel I noticed it, too, seemed 
>to wobble a bit, but only about half as much.
>
>I had remove the old left-hand thread studs and replace them with "normal" 
>right hand thread ones (nut had failed, and getting the nut off destroyed 
>the original). Not thinking anything of it, I used a hammer.
>
>Did I end up bending the flange? Do they all do this? Or am I just looking 
>at the consequences of some curb whack in the past 33 years?
>
>Other than the annoying squeak, the car drives fine. No vibrations to 
>speak of at all.
>
>Scott Johnson
>71 1750 Spider
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