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  • Aspire hub Runout

    Be a wise mechanic,unlike me and check your new/used Aspire hubs before installation :banghead::banghead::banghead:angry9:
    I spent way to much time and energy chasing my tail assuming that the vibration was coming from tires,rotors,axles or diff bearings.Just to clarify it wasn't the rotor.Once I discovered this I pulled the rotor and verified that the hub flange was out by @ .010. Now if I can get the skin on my forehead to heal properly drool
    Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
    Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
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    Just find a shop with an on-the-car brake lathe and turn the rotors.. you'll be good to go!

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    • #3
      Originally posted by MasterTec View Post
      Just find a shop with an on-the-car brake lathe and turn the rotors.. you'll be good to go!
      The Rotor's are fine. Its the HUB that was bent.
      Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
      Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
      Fuseable Link Distribution Block repair link

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      • #4
        Nitro: did you have a question or was it a rant?
        Original owner of silver grey carburetted 1989 Festiva. 105k km as of June 2006. 140k km as of June 2021.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by WmWatt View Post
          Nitro: did you have a question or was it a rant?
          It was a most def-"I'm an idiot" Rant :eeeeeek: Sometimes my Stupidity surpass my vast lack of Knowledge.
          What really slayed me was these werent the orig hubs/Knuckle's off this car.I ASSUMED that because everything else was Junk on the front end. Might as well put some different hubs & Spindles. Got these off Craigslist. The Aspire had two broken front springs,sticking calipers,bad rotors,junk brake lines,junk struts,junk lca/ball joints,junk axles bearings tranny. So what are the odds that the hubs are going to be any better? I should have checked em. So after COMPLETELY replacing the whole front end minus the front sway bar. I had a vibration. So I exclaimed,"Surely its those Chinese rotors" ! Should have checked em on the bench doing setup.
          Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
          Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
          Fuseable Link Distribution Block repair link

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