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      05-21-2011, 02:46 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by m1bjr View Post
Mark, you can swap one hub its no big deal and they are not matched in any way.

But you 'might' have issues with the disk thickness soon if the whole thing was out of kilter.
Just try the new hub and see how it goes, worst case you may need a pair of discs later in its life.

That would really really annoy me. The disks, pads and hubs were all changed at the same time. The front brakes are currently showing 70,000 miles remaining so to have to change them early would hurt even more (not to mention cost).

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I was about to blame a steering tie bar until your last post

I think you are correct in your assumption.
Perhaps try running a tap through the existing hub holes first and see how they respond.

And as for the air gun - I would can that garage anyhow as you must still finish with a torque wrench.
The garage that did the damage are no longer local to me so not somewhere I would be using anyhow.

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And pisssed bolts just wont torque right.
You were lucky you didnt lose a wheel...
Looking at how jammed the bolts were into the hub, I have a feeling the wheels were going nowhere.

Just really really pi$$ed off but am going to have a few runs out in the car over the next few days just to be 100% sure things are fixed before getting the hub swapped.
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