Slight wobble is passenger side rear tire?

DeTwizzle

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Slight wobble in passenger side rear tire?

As stated above. Second time someone has told me this, and after looking out my side mirror it does appear to have a slight wobble to it.
Recently had my seal replaced on that side, but not the bearings. Just checked inner part of rim for axle grease, no signs of that.
Would the axle seal blow if my bearings were bad?
I guess I'm about to jack the rear axle up on the passenger side to see if there is any play in it.
Any other suggestions? Maybe a bent axle? Also just had my tires balanced and rotated. Could the tire be miss-balanced?
 
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Checking to see if theres any play in it is a good start. Loose lug nut from the rotation? Why dont you swap your 2 rear wheels and see if the wobble is still there? Possible that the rim bent?

edit: Gerdo intercepted my suggestion like a ninja.
 
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So I pulled both rear tires and swapped them. It was still wobbling on that right rear. Tried wiggling the tire back and forth while it was jacked up, didnt seem like it was moving, and if it was it was like a 1/32" play... just really couldnt tell.
I was up at Eagle Rock about 2weeks ago with two SFA 2nd gens and it was a f'ing ice rink up there. Had to turn around, and while going down this hill my rig turned on me and that tire hit a pretty big boulder perpendicular to the rim, thus denting my rim pretty good. I'm guessing that may have bent my axle shaft the tiniest bit, making it wobble. I really don't know:bash:

Here is that bent rim. I can't even feel it in the vehicle while driving. I guess I gotta get down to the nitty gritty to figure this one out.lol :beer:

Other than some awkward tire wear, should I be freaked out? Prob try to get to it this coming weekend.
 

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BTW, isnt there suppose to be a ring of bearings in this diagram?
 

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