bent d44 housing?

JeepZiggy91

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Location

bullhead city

• Nov 8, 2012

• #1

I have a dana 44 with disc sonversion and custom truss that i ran i my last jeep (r.i.p.) that was in it when i rolled it. It was a pretty distructive roll and now im putting together my new jeep and i noticed when i spin the yoke the discs wobble. I swapped in my spare set of shafts and they still wobble. I put a straight edge and level to the bottom of the axle tubesand saw nothing to sugest the housing is bent and the truss is quite stout. Any ideas?

 

cal

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Hammertown, USA

• Nov 8, 2012

• #2

how much wobble are you talking about?

you have lug nuts on holding the rotors down tight, yes? they need to be open type lug nuts, the closed top ones can bottom out before you have the rotor all the way snug. (without a tire on, that is).

 

Vanimal

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Location

escondido, ca

• Nov 8, 2012

• #3

a bent housing will not make the rotor wobble. only a bent shaft will.

 

JeepZiggy91

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Location

bullhead city

• Nov 8, 2012

• #4

I have found a small dent on the front of the driverside tube. Could that affect it that much?

 

JeepZiggy91

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Location

bullhead city

• Nov 8, 2012

• #5

cal said:

how much wobble are you talking about?

you have lug nuts on holding the rotors down tight, yes? they need to be open type lug nuts, the closed top ones can bottom out before you have the rotor all the way snug. (without a tire on, that is).

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Yes the lugs are tight and open.

 

JeepZiggy91

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Location

bullhead city

• Nov 8, 2012

• #6

When its spinning about a quarter inch to either side

 

DanMan2k06

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Location

Damascus, MD

• Nov 8, 2012

• #7

Get a dial indicator an measure the runout in the hub itself. Don't judge anything by a wobbly rotor.

 

techno1154

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In the islands

• Nov 8, 2012

• #8

DanMan2k06 said:

Get a dial indicator an measure the runout in the hub itself. Don't judge anything by a wobbly rotor.

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The D44 inmy XJ alo havs a wobbly rotor,... not from an accident but from a stuck caliper that caused it to over heat.

In my opinion, if yours is that bad it will rub inside the calipers,...maybe.