Re: '65 Rear Wheel Squeak
I don't have picture, but the process if pretty easy. I used a magnetic dial indicator (Harbor Freight). With the caliper off, you should be able to find the high and low spots. Sometimes, you can fix the problem by just rotating (indexing) the rotor to a different set of lug bolts on the spindle. Make sure you install the lug nuts, without the wheel or caliper, and torque. Check the runout at different index positions and you may get lucky. Mine was not that simple. I marked the "low point" on the spindle with a crayon. Then I used an old feeler guage and cut up a piece the right length. I drilled holes so that it would fit over the lug bolts. I positioned it in the are where the low point was marked and reinstalled the rotor. I seem to remember that I used the wrong thickness shim the first time, but on the next try, it came out perfect. That was years ago and I haven't had a squeak since. One of these days, I will take it apart and install the new spindle.
I don't have picture, but the process if pretty easy. I used a magnetic dial indicator (Harbor Freight). With the caliper off, you should be able to find the high and low spots. Sometimes, you can fix the problem by just rotating (indexing) the rotor to a different set of lug bolts on the spindle. Make sure you install the lug nuts, without the wheel or caliper, and torque. Check the runout at different index positions and you may get lucky. Mine was not that simple. I marked the "low point" on the spindle with a crayon. Then I used an old feeler guage and cut up a piece the right length. I drilled holes so that it would fit over the lug bolts. I positioned it in the are where the low point was marked and reinstalled the rotor. I seem to remember that I used the wrong thickness shim the first time, but on the next try, it came out perfect. That was years ago and I haven't had a squeak since. One of these days, I will take it apart and install the new spindle.
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