I've been having a vibration while braking on my 96 Ram 2500. Figured it was warped rotors so I pulled the wheels to take a look. Something didn't feel quite right even before I pulled the passenger wheel. I found that the passenger side rotor has play between it and the hub. It doesn't move in and out, but it will turn a degree or so from the hub. The drivers side is nice and tight. I'm still working on getting the hubs off without destroying them, but do you think the rotor is bad if it moves. I'm guessing the holes in the rotor are ovaled out.

 

Replace the Rotor and the Lug studs.

 

that vibration is from warped or cracked rotors. there should be no play between the hub and the rotor. replace the rotor, hub, and studs. the slight movement of that hub in the rotor has done damage to the bearings.

to get the hubs off the rotor easily, just knock them through with a hammer. the studs will have to be pressed back in.

you can get rotors for our trucks from advance for like 30 bucks, its not a huge loss.

 

Just to let you know you will not need a press in the literall sense.

You can take a Larger brass punch, end of a ratchet or something like that, just make sure it is about the same diameter as the head of the stud, to seat them. When you put the wheel and tire back on them, torque it down to about 3/4 of the recomended torque, then back it off (break the torque about 1 and a half turns) , then take it to the recomended torque and back it off again, and finally set the torque. by doing this you are seating every thing.