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Old 02-26-2019, 01:04 PM
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Whenever I take my backdraft out , I do a walk around. In performing my task I noticed a scoring on my rear drivers side rotor. Thinking it was a pebble from some asphalt I went for a spirited drive.my car snap steered so bad it raised the hair on my neck. You could say my spidey senses were tingling.I pulled off the rear wheel witch took a 911 tool way past the 25lbs limit and 50 blows with a 6 lbs lead hammer! I removed the caliper and found no problems. I rocked the rotor from side to side and noticed a lot of movement. So I decided to remove the center cap and noticed a bolt laying inside.It came out of the axel. I was able to reinstall the bolt to 150 ft lbs of torque . I have the new style axles from backdraft .The car only has 3000 miles on it,so I believe it was not tightened correctly . I still love my car just want people to be safe. The only thing stopping my wheel from coming off was the caliper.Hope this helps my fellow cobra owners. Hauss.

Last edited by hauss; 03-05-2019 at 11:56 AM.. Reason: incorrect torque
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