I had a heck of a time getting off a rusted rotor, beating on the backside of it with a rubber mallet finally did the trick.

But then when I was going to put the new rotor on, I noticed the actual hub seems to have a few cm's worth of freeplay...which I know isn't a good thing.

I think I screwed something up on the hub pounding on the old rotor to get it off..

What do I do now?

 

ttt

I'm realy clueless here...manual isn't much help at all.

 

Replace the hub. Sorry, but that's probably it. You'll need new bearings probably at minimum, and might as well get a new hub while you're at it.

Shawn



[Modified by shawnhayes, 9:08 PM 10/20/2002]

 

Could I get an entire new (used) spindle assmebly (or whatever that section is called), and put those in if the hubs/bearings in them were good?

 

Absolutely.

 

Would this kind of thing naturally happen with mileage, or only when beat on like what I did? My passenger side seems to be fine.

I wouldn't want to get a junkyard set and have them caked over too from tons of mileage.

 

Bearings eventually wear out, and there's nothing anybody can do about it. The junked ones may be better when you get them, but check them out, if you can.

Shawn

 

if u dont have an axle bolted into the hub its naturally goin to feel loose. once u get an axle in there and axle nut snugged down then check it. it should b tight, if not its time to replace the hub.

 

well the other side doesn't feel loose at all, and it doesn't have an axle in it.

 

thats normal, same thing my 99 civic has w/ only 50+k on it. wait till u get axles in and then check it.