Such a letdown, sorry this had to happen to you Alex.
Perhaps some more local (shorter) drives are in order for proper shakedown, but I'm afraid a lot of these
mechanical mishaps will always be lurking when you've taken a car apart completely.
I'm with Thomas on the bearing adjustment, cant imagine a torque wrench being of any use on the cars I've done
the bearings on (my AE86 and the Volvo 360). I was taught by a Volvo dealer senior mechanic to tighten until there
was no more play, but you cant really feel this by pulling on the disk, you need to mount a wheel and grab it at the 12
and 6 o clock positions, then give it a feel (avoids slop in the steering interfering with your observation, and boy did
the 360 have some of that).
After that you take it for a drive and do the whole thing over again (check if the wheel doesnt get hot and if it hasnt developed
any new play). I know you're a capable mechanic so sorry if I bore you with this but you never know what tip might come in handy.
Perhaps some more local (shorter) drives are in order for proper shakedown, but I'm afraid a lot of these
mechanical mishaps will always be lurking when you've taken a car apart completely.
I'm with Thomas on the bearing adjustment, cant imagine a torque wrench being of any use on the cars I've done
the bearings on (my AE86 and the Volvo 360). I was taught by a Volvo dealer senior mechanic to tighten until there
was no more play, but you cant really feel this by pulling on the disk, you need to mount a wheel and grab it at the 12
and 6 o clock positions, then give it a feel (avoids slop in the steering interfering with your observation, and boy did
the 360 have some of that).
After that you take it for a drive and do the whole thing over again (check if the wheel doesnt get hot and if it hasnt developed
any new play). I know you're a capable mechanic so sorry if I bore you with this but you never know what tip might come in handy.