Grinding Noise When I Turn Left...Need Help!
Whatever you do, DO NOT drive the car!!!!
There is only one washer in the wheel bearing/ hub/ spindle assembly, and that is immediately under the nut. It certainly didn't fall out, unless someone left it out
Here's a link to a 65 and a 66 shop manual
[ame]https://www.dropbox.com/s/upks33txhbe9tjw/1965%20Plymouth%20Service%20Manual.pdf[/ame]
http://www.mymopar.com/downloads/servicemanuals/1966_Plymouth_Service_Manual.zip
However, they do not have decent exploded views of the parts.
This is a drawing I found "on the net."
The inner and the outer bearing cups are pressed/ driven into the hub. The cups can wear and gall, and wear themselves a cavity in the hub and become loose.
The inner bearing can destroy the spindle and become loose, or possibly is the wrong part and too large for the spindle
If the washer is missing---and it MUST BE KEYED to prevent rotation, this might account for looseness.
It is IMPERATIVE that you properly learn how to adjust the nut.
According to my 67 book, you install all the parts, and WHILE TURNING THE TIRE or brake drum, you tighten the nut to 70 inch pounds Then you install the castle over the nut, such that one slot is lined up with the cotter-key hole in the spindle. Then you back the nut off so that the castle rotates back ONE slot.
I do this slightly different, I like to "snug" the bearing up FIRST just to be sure that everything is "in" and then back off and retighten to the lighter torque. It is IMPORTANT not to either over or under tighten these bearings.
Whatever you do, DO NOT drive the car!!!!
There is only one washer in the wheel bearing/ hub/ spindle assembly, and that is immediately under the nut. It certainly didn't fall out, unless someone left it out
Here's a link to a 65 and a 66 shop manual
[ame]https://www.dropbox.com/s/upks33txhbe9tjw/1965%20Plymouth%20Service%20Manual.pdf[/ame]
http://www.mymopar.com/downloads/servicemanuals/1966_Plymouth_Service_Manual.zip
However, they do not have decent exploded views of the parts.
This is a drawing I found "on the net."
The inner and the outer bearing cups are pressed/ driven into the hub. The cups can wear and gall, and wear themselves a cavity in the hub and become loose.
The inner bearing can destroy the spindle and become loose, or possibly is the wrong part and too large for the spindle
If the washer is missing---and it MUST BE KEYED to prevent rotation, this might account for looseness.
It is IMPERATIVE that you properly learn how to adjust the nut.
According to my 67 book, you install all the parts, and WHILE TURNING THE TIRE or brake drum, you tighten the nut to 70 inch pounds Then you install the castle over the nut, such that one slot is lined up with the cotter-key hole in the spindle. Then you back the nut off so that the castle rotates back ONE slot.
I do this slightly different, I like to "snug" the bearing up FIRST just to be sure that everything is "in" and then back off and retighten to the lighter torque. It is IMPORTANT not to either over or under tighten these bearings.
