OK, so I had the car out today.... a helpful fellow motorist pulled alongside at the lights to tell me my back wheel had a "wobble". I knew this already and had bought a new wheel in anticipation.
Before swapping tyre, I thought I'd check. Turns out its not the wheel at all, its the hub.
So......what to do, is it more likley to be the driveshaft, hub or axle tubes??
Its not an issue when driving, no vibration .....should I just ignore ????
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Is there runout at the axle itself? If so likely a bent driveshaft. If not, likely a bent drum/hub, or I suppose if the axle nut wasn't tightened properly, it could possibly be damaged axle/drum splines.
No vibration doesn't mean it's not an issue.
Yeah, there's definitely an issue.
Pull the wheel and drum off and see if the axle is straight when you turn it. There should be less than .005" run-out at the end of the axle.
if that's OK, put the drum back on, torque the nut to 300 ft lbs. and see if there is a wobble in the drum when it turns. There shouldn't be very much run-out at the drum - maybe .010 - .020" or so, tops. (There may be a bit more than that if the drum is old and has been overheated somewhere along the way)
If THAT is OK, then put the wheel on and see what the run-out is at the wheel lip. I'm hoping that's where you find it, as the cheapest alternative. If the wheel has wobble but the other two places don't, then get a new wheel and rave on.
Hi Gordon,
I swapped back and front wheel, runout is not down to the wheel 
A crude measurement shows around 1/8" runout on the hub. I still need to pull the drum and check shaft...will be next weekend now !
irs or swing? irs would be an easy fix just get another stub&swap it out by pulling the cv joint bolts, removing the axle nut,pushing it through&sticken in another one.Ive never seen a hub that was bent/warped, but axle yesI had to change one on my bug that had been hit, dogleg too as it was also bent.
swing.......
probably needs an axle to fix it.check the hub& bearing real good too.that sucks.
swapped drums side to side.............and the runout moved to the other side 
Hooraaayyyyyyyyyyyyy !!
That's awesome!
thats great!!cheep & fast fix, or is it time to step up to disc????
I was wondering how that was going...
Very glad to see it is the lower cost alternative!!
And since you have them both off, maybe it might be prudent to get two new ones so they'll match and all that. Up to you.
gn
I put in a used, oem replacement.......All is good with the world
Put it all back together and went for a run, (see squeeky update )
