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Wheel Wobble

68 GTX12

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I have a 1968 Plymouth GTX with a Chrysler 8.75 rear end and the passenger side rear wheel minorly appears to wobble when you look at it while the car is driving. The car has sat for about 10 years since it was restored and has accrued 1000 miles since often sitting for multiple years at a time and the axle was rebuilt then so it only has 1000 miles on it and the aluminum wheels on it are in perfect condition so I am pretty confident that it did not slide into a curb. I first took the wheels off, and then re seated them and that did not fix it so I then took the wheels to a tire shop and had them balance them and watched the wheels spin straight on the balancing machine. Then, I took the axle to an axle shop and he put a dial on the axles and said that the axle was slightly bent and he was thinking that it had slid into a curb as it is typically the passenger side anyways, but we are pretty confident that is not the case. We put in a new set of Moser axles and green bearings as well as the retainer. After all of that when I put it on the car and while it is not as bad anymore, it still seams to wobble as you can see the light gap come and go between the wheel and the shock tower. That is just what has been done, I cannot speak to if everything was done perfectly. What do y'all think the issue could be?

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Great advice swapping side to side.

Drum and wheel need to sit flat on the axle hub. The center register on the axle needs to be smaller that that of drum and wheel

Do you have a stock steel wheels to put on there to check?
 
You need to swap that to the other side and drive it again like Don Frelier said. It sure as hell looks like that wheel is bent.
 
I did a Dart trans for a customer last year. Noticed wobble on the hoist when testing for gear function. After a little checking it was a bent axle flange. First one I've ever seen.
Doug
 
I had a Dana 60 in my Challenger with a bent axle. I found a machine shop that straightened it for me.
 
Weebles Wobble. If you know, you know! :lol: :lol:
 
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