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Old 07-09-2014, 04:56 PM
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So....Bought and installed new spacers......

Now car feels "wobbly" and very unstable at all speeds. WTF? I have ran them in the past ...no issues. But I have heard of this many times and now I am the lucky recipient of this issue.

They are 2' hubcentric. All lugs are tight and seated properly.

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Re: So....Bought and installed new spacers......

1) are you sure they are hubcentric?
2) did you tighten them using the correct pattern?
3) are your tires out of balance?
4) wheel bearings, maybe?

If you eliminate the first three options as the root cause of the problem, then it's something in the suspension, my first guess would be wheel bearings or maybe something in the steering linkage.
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Re: So....Bought and installed new spacers......

Yes. All was fine before, not new to cars by any stretch of the imagination. Good questions though.

Tomorrow I'm going to remove them and reinstall... See what happens. It's mostly from the rear.

Not a vibration.. It's a definite wobble. Going to move the front wheels to the back and vice versa.

Want trying to come off rude BTW.. Thanks for your suggestions man!
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Re: So....Bought and installed new spacers......

Is there any way you could put the rear axle on jack stands and check if the rear is wobbling with the car running in gear?



You don't have any of those clip/washers that retain the disk/drum do you?

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Re: So....Bought and installed new spacers......

No clips...I took them off again yesterday and made sure everything was tight and proper...still shimmies like a wooden roller coaster. I have emailed the company I got them from. See what they will do.
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Re: So....Bought and installed new spacers......

Update?

Is the wheel adapter hub-centric to the axle hub, and does it also have a ring for the wheel to sit on to make it hub-centric too?
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Re: So....Bought and installed new spacers......

Sorry I forgot to update...

I contacted the seller...when I had searched for Hub and wheel centric, the ones I got came up...the description was mis-leading....so they refunded and I got some new hub and wheel centric spacers and all is well.
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