Re: front wheel wobble on 34

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/6/14 7:53:12

While you're checking for looseness, take a good close look at the wheels, especially the spoke heads at the hub end. The spokes on the Eight and Super Eight wheels are not held by threaded nipples like the Twelves but are shrunken/welded in place. You wouldn't be the first (or even the 10th) person to have a spoke break which then will lead to subsequent breaking of the adjacent spokes until ultimately the wheel fails completely with lots of other damage then possible. I'm speaking here from personal experience though I did catch it before any other damage resulted.

PS - I didn't mention it before, but you might also check for excess play in the steering gear box, and make sure the pitman arm is tight - if it has worked loose chances are the splines may have been damaged. Tapered wedges were used between the axle and spring to adjust caster or king pin inclination, if in fact the spring U-bolts are loose, these adjusting wedges may have fallen out. And alignment will tell if they are required, and how many.