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Tire wobble after wheel stud replacement

hctravis

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Ok so here's the deal. I just bought another ex pretty cheap from my friend's brother it's a 97 Awd V8. I took it to get new tires, but they wouldn't do it because the driver rear was missing 2 lugnuts and the studs were completely stripped (It was Sam's club so they couldn't fix it). So i took it home, got them all replaced and put it all back together. When i put it in drive the tire had a severe wobble and made a grinding noise so I stopped, took the tire, caliper, and rotor back off and double checked everything and put it back together And the wobble is still there. My question is, could it just be a bent rim from only having 3 lugnuts for who knows how long, or should i start looking at wheel bearings or the axle?
Also the parking brake assembly looked pretty bad is it possible that it's causing the wobble?
 



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Try swapping tires to eliminate if its the tire causing the problem.
 






Thanks. Idk why I didn't think of that.
 






Ok so I jacked the back end up and switched the tires, and it's not them so I put it in drive with the wheel off (no front drive shaft so it's only rwd right now) and the grinding noise is the brake assembly moving back and forth because the rotor is wobbling so i took that off and it seems to be okay but I'm going to see if I can get a new one. My question is...if that's not the problem is it possible the parking brake assembly isn't allowing the rotor to seat properly? and if I take it off so I can drive it to a shop will it damage anything? The parking brake assembly looks completely fried.
 






If you don't have play in the axle itself (axle bearing), then probably the rotor is not seated right...

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PS: Driving without the front shaft probably damaged the AWD transfer case too...
 












Well it turned out that the heads on the new wheel studs are too long and protrude through the axle too much and won't fit through the rotor holes so the rotor wasn't seating on the axle properly which was causing the wobble. And after going to 2 different parts stores with no results I'm going online to order the right studs right now. I looked to make sure they were the same length and circumference but never noticed the new ones had longer heads. Lesson learned.
 






Well it turned out that the heads on the new wheel studs are too long and protrude through the axle too much and won't fit through the rotor holes so the rotor wasn't seating on the axle properly which was causing the wobble. And after going to 2 different parts stores with no results I'm going online to order the right studs right now. I looked to make sure they were the same length and circumference but never noticed the new ones had longer heads. Lesson learned.

Could you chamfer the inside hole of the rotor using something like this?
 






Well it doesn't matter now. The very short amount of driving I did completely stripped the new studs so I have to redo them anyways. Oh well.
 






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