I have been battling an issue trying to see what is making both of my rear wheels have a very small amount of wobble when rolling. You cant feel it but can barely see it when looking closely. I check my wheel spacers and lug nuts and everything if flush and tightened to spec. I also have a small squeak in the rear driver side when rolling very slow or when breaking. I was told that its possible the plate on the rear of my brakes me be loose and allowed my wheel bearing to get slightly out of place. I will be looking in to it more tonight, but was wondering if anyone has heard of this at all? They claimed i should be able to tighten the 4 bolts down and it should reseat it and get everything tight again. I havent looked yet as I am at work, but i believe i recall seeing some bolts behind there so maybe they are correct. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

When you installed your spacers, did you make sure to remove the factory retainers from the lugs? (The things that hold the disc in place on the assembly line)

How long has this been a problem? Did it start right after some other task was done?

 

yes i removed all of the retainers, and i doubled checked when i took it all apart. It started recently after our last 2 wheeling trips, so maybe the last week its been this way.

 

After you verify the bearing retainer nuts are tight, check the tire, wheel, and axle shaft flange for run-out.
You may have bent something on your wheeling trips.

 

the four bolts you are talking about are for the retainer plate, it goes on first when prepping the rear axle for assembly, then the seal and then the bearing (which is pressed on). I'm not sure how the plate could have gotten loose or why it would affect the trueness of the wheel rotation, but I'd check it out anyhow.

 

You might have bent the axle flanges.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vame1AE7eOg

 

You have bent axle flanges. I replaced mine with ten factory rears.

 

so that retainer plate does hold the bearing in place? also what do you mean by run out? sorry if i should know that one...

also i will watch the video when i get home to loko at that also.

 

The video above shows run-out at the disc. You should check at the tire, the wheel outer rim, and the axle flange.
Run-out at any of those points will show where the tire meets the road.

 

Thanks i appreciate it. I will go thru all of this tonight and check. Would any of this cause the slight squeak noise?