Did you guys use locktite on the nut when reinstalling? I recently had my rear end apart to fix the ol' DeLorean clunk syndrome and I put locktite on it for reassembly with no issues so far (about 400 miles or so). I also torqued the bejesus out of the thing :-) Jake Kamphoefner 1063 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Geerdink" <dmcerik@xxxxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [DML] Brush with Death > I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one that this has happend too. I > replaced my frame last spring. WHen I went to drive the car I noticed the > rear end swayed a bit. I know I torqued EVERYTHING down to spec as I made > a check list. I drove it like this for about 50 city miles as I worked > other things out. I figured i needed an alignment. I went to do some > brake adjusting in the rear and notice my rear drivers wheel was loose on > the hub! I retorqued it down and now my handling is perfect. > > erik > > > Woody <BePositive2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Replying to the "Top Speed" took me back to a near disaster experience > I had a couple weeks ago and the lesson learned. > > My present daily driver Delorean is a car I purchased on e-bay 2 years > ago. The car had not been driven in 10 years so I went thru all of the > fuel and fluid systems. As part of the process of rebuilding the rear > brakes I removed the rotors and hubs. It took my impact wrench to > remove the nut that holds the hubs on the axles. During reassembly, I > retorqued the hub/axle nut to spec. > > For several months I have felt like the car has not been handling as > well as my previous D, and after checking the wheels for axle movement, > discovered some play in the front axle. I replaced the bearings in > this wheel but still had the feeling of oversteer. I suspected that > the original shocks were the culprit, but I still planned to pull all > of the wheels again to double-check the axles. > > Before I "got around" to a second check of the wheels, I experience a > drive train failure while going about 15 mph. When I'd engage the > clutch, there was grinding sound and no movement forward in reverse. > > At my shop, I lifted the rear of the car expecting to find a clutch or > transmission problem. Instead, I discovered an axle nut that was so > loose that the wheel was about to fall off of the car! The splines on > the hub were completely worn away; fortunately, the axle is made of a > harder steel and the splines were still intact on the axle. > > The lessons learned or relearned: > > 1. It's very important to recheck torques after removing/replacing > critical components. > 2. When something doesn't seem right on the car, immediately find and > correct the problem before driving the car again, particularly if it > may be related to a drive, suspension or fuel system. This failure > cost me an $80 hub, but it could have cost me my life (see 120 mph post > earlier today). Same thing applies to fuel systems (A local mechanic > was not as lucky when received severe burns as a result of a fire > caused by fuel leaking from a banjo fitting on the fuel distributor of > a Delorean.) To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/