shagged rear end

Cammo79TE · tinkerer Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 448

somethin is up with the rear end of my gemini
its a 79 TE, and there is a really wierd thing happnin int he rear end of my car which is hard to explain... i'll try my best
it started off a week ago, and i could only notice it when i was below 30kph, and it was a pretty minimal unsteadyness in the whole movement of the car... when it was slowing down for a t junction or a roundabout, it wouldnt roll smoothly, it would sortof jolt a bit as if only have the revolution of the rear wheels is smooth. it got really worse yesterday all of a sudden, i was planning to drive into the city and it was doing the same thing, but it was alot worse. i was doing 80kph, and the whole rear end was vibrating like a slut, same thing as i described earlier but a lot worse ( as youd expect, being 50kph faster). i was so bad that some silicone holding in my rear speaker mounts popped off and the 6x9 was jumping all over the rear shelf. i'm pretty sure its comingfromt he passenger side rear.

sorry my details are... well.. crap, but i dont know how to really explain it in words.

any help would be highly appreciated, and if this has happened to anyone else, can you give a brief guideline as to how much of the folding stuff fixed hte problem?

poppagem · tinkerer Joined: 29 Mar 2002 Posts: 87

if you have retreads on look to see if you have a bubble in one of them

baycie bayce · petrol head Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Posts: 1642

have you checked all your bushes? and rear wheel bearings? and tailsheft uni bolts?

Brock BLU GeM · rice boy Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 33

i had that prob in a bluebird i owned... and it end up being a number of things.......Bubbled retread.. axle seal t-shaft to diff seal and the g-box seal....... (oil Seals) hope it helps.... Jack it up and check every bolt even the ones u dont think it would be cuz thats where the probs usually occur........

peteymate · tinkerer Joined: 15 Aug 2002 Posts: 306

suspension could be shagged and the shockie is stiffening

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2002 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: shagged rear end

tourqe tube rubber could be hella fucked
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Cammo79TE · tinkerer Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 448

thanx for the suggestions everyone... yeah i have got a retread on the cluprit side of the car, as i havent touched the tyres since i bought it a fortnight ago. i'll jack the car up and check it all out tomorrow...

ps. the shocks looked near new when we jacked the car up when i bought it, and the car springs back perfectly when i put some pressure on it, so i'd be reluctant to blame that. i'll check out this retread issue....

Cammo79TE · tinkerer Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 448

isolated the problem area now.... i jacked the car up, changed the tyre, and now the wheel is sitting on an angle... i'll draw the angle as best as i can....
(picture the whole rear axle here)

birdseye view> \----| (note the angle i've put the tyre on....

view from ground, rear of car> \---|

so you can see that the whole rear wheel is sitting inwards froim the bottom, also bent out of place, as if it was making a slight lefthand turn :S... if it was a 4ws i wouldnt be worrying right now, haha...

one thing that might be worth noting is that after i bought the car i noticed that the car sat higher at this point, for whatever reason. at the time i thought nothing of it, as my old gemini did the same thing and never had a problem....

any MORE suggestions would be good

GEm1ma has xplod gea · tinkerer Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 331

is your axle bent?

Brock BLU GeM · rice boy Joined: 19 Dec 2002 Posts: 33

sell the lot for parts and buy a new1....... if u dont want to be that drastic then get all new rear mechanics.....

Cammo79TE · tinkerer Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 448

found out the problem.

reason the wheel was on an angle: stupid me changed the wheel in the dark, never checked the spare rim since i bought it.... it was buckled.... haha

had a look at the tyre that was on it before, the wall of the tyre is curved inward, so its basically fucked... price you pay for buying retreads i guess.... so tomorrow i'm gonna get a tyre put on a camira rim i've got sitting around.

anyway thanx everyone for their suggestions, i'll email the site owner some pics of the car for the gallery soon,