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Old 11-19-2005, 11:08 AM
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hey all the other day i was driving and i hit the curb hard, and i mean hard so hard that a tire poped. Ever since my steering wheel has been slanted over to the right side, and the car has been pulling to the right, also the driver side front tire has been eaten up like crasy it went from ok thread to wires showing on the inside of the tire in like a month or 2. Now this is pretty much a close case as far as unalighment goes right?????? i was thinking maibe i damage the frame or something casue i hit that curb real hard but the car doesnt vibrate or do anything else but the aboved mentioned symtoms. what u all think?
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Probably a bent front control arm (and possibly other damage, but that's where I'd start).
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Originally Posted by trackbird
Probably a bent front control arm (and possibly other damage, but that's where I'd start).
would it be noticable casue i looked all over the place and they everything seems fine, or would it be to small a bent to notice?
also what about the rear when i change tires the other day the inside of the passeger side tire was kinda worn on te inside to. what could be causeing that?????????????????

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Get it on the alignment racks and get everything checked out.
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Originally Posted by stang killer
Get it on the alignment racks and get everything checked out.
yea looks like it was just unaligned
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Originally Posted by zamboxl
yea looks like it was just unaligned
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