1970 Buick GS 455 Rear
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 6:37 am
Hi, new to this forum, and new to this in general. In advance I would apologise for any bad english, as I'm from Norway.
I've been helping my father with his Buick. When he got the car, there was a noticable vibration coming from the rear. We tried different wheels/tires, and that helped a little bit. On closer inspection we found that the endplay on the passenger side axles was quite substantial, so we pulled the axle, inspected it, and replaced the bearing. It also helped a bit, but it is still vibrating. What we found out was a wobbling on the axle flange (aka the roundness in lack of a better word). The retainer plate on the axle is also bent somehow, so we suspect that it might have been involved in a minor crash somehow. Picture shows passenger side.
This is driver side, without the "wobble". The retainer plate is not deformed like the one on the passenger side
My father and I have concluded that we might just buy a new pair of axles, but I would like to hear from more competent guys before spending the money.
The axles are 28 spline, overall length (outside flange) is 75.3cm, 5 on 4 3/4.
Here are som crappy pics of the rear. I'm having trouble identifying exactly what rear it is.
Here is the stamping I've found on the axle tube, passenger side.
No bushings or anything have been done so far on the rear. Drum brakes on rear.
Any help/tips are much appreciated.
Regards,
Torgeir
I've been helping my father with his Buick. When he got the car, there was a noticable vibration coming from the rear. We tried different wheels/tires, and that helped a little bit. On closer inspection we found that the endplay on the passenger side axles was quite substantial, so we pulled the axle, inspected it, and replaced the bearing. It also helped a bit, but it is still vibrating. What we found out was a wobbling on the axle flange (aka the roundness in lack of a better word). The retainer plate on the axle is also bent somehow, so we suspect that it might have been involved in a minor crash somehow. Picture shows passenger side.
This is driver side, without the "wobble". The retainer plate is not deformed like the one on the passenger side
My father and I have concluded that we might just buy a new pair of axles, but I would like to hear from more competent guys before spending the money.
The axles are 28 spline, overall length (outside flange) is 75.3cm, 5 on 4 3/4.
Here are som crappy pics of the rear. I'm having trouble identifying exactly what rear it is.
Here is the stamping I've found on the axle tube, passenger side.
No bushings or anything have been done so far on the rear. Drum brakes on rear.
Any help/tips are much appreciated.
Regards,
Torgeir