D30 ? | Ford Explorer Forums

  • Register Today It's free!

D30 ?

lifeguard379

Explorer Addict
Joined
July 10, 2004
Messages
1,290
Reaction score
14
City, State
sacremento,ca
Year, Model & Trim Level
93 eddie bauer 2 door
Ok, so im haveing a problem. im doing a sas on my ex, and the painger side roter is hiting the knuckle. :fire: the driver side is fine. so i was wondering if it wold be safe to use a small wheel spacer to space the roter out frome the knuckle?

thanks for any imput on this.
 



Join the Elite Explorers for $20 each year or try it out for $5 a month.

Elite Explorer members see no advertisements, no banner ads, no double underlined links,.
Add an avatar, upload photo attachments, and more!
.





take everything knuckles-out apart and see why the rotor hitting the knuckle.

check to make sure there are still bearings between the hub and the spindle :D
 






Wheel spacers go on the outside of the rotor (on the wheel studs) so that won't help you. Sounds to me like you might have something in wrong, so I'd disassemble each side and check to see what's up with it. They are both the same type/thickness/etc rotor correct?
 






ok so i went and took the other side apart and measured the unit bearings. the pas side is a 1/4" shorter :( . and sorry i ment the small spacers that slide over the studs. think that will work as a temp? the unit bearings are hard to find used and in good shape.
 






Maybe it's just me but i'm not totally clear on your post, are you refering to wheel bearings or ball joints?
Also, is it your rotor that is rubbing when you spin it or does your rotor hit when you rotate the whole knuckle?
Some pics would help clear things up :D ;)
 






ok in this pic is the unit bearing. the spot where the black line is is 1/4" shorter on this side.
ATTACH]

the arow shows where the roter is rubing.
ATTACH]

hope thes help and thank for the replys so far. :)
 

Attachments

  • 100_08851.jpg
    100_08851.jpg
    538.4 KB · Views: 15
  • 100_0887_0011-1.jpg
    100_0887_0011-1.jpg
    378.5 KB · Views: 11






Are you sure you got the right rotors? That looks to be the only thing i can think of. Although i don't know why you'd get two different measurements from side to side. Does the bearing feel pretty tight?
 






Still hard to say what's wrong there. I'm with everyone else here, take both sides apart and inspect everything.
 






your unit bearing on that side is bad.. the other side has a gap between the part that spins and the part that is pressed between the knuckle doesn't it? at least the ones on mine do ( I think) .
 






Featured Content

Back
Top