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Old 09-25-05, 11:53 PM
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I hit a curb the other day, more or less while driving out of a driveway drove over the hightened edge of the street walk and the car's front end basically slammed on the edge of the walkway once the front tire went over the bump.
now the car has a slight wobble/vibration in the front end above 60mph. strange thing is that it is not at all noticeable in the steering wheel. only felt like a small vibration in the feet.
Given the wheel never got a hit, i was driving at less than 5mph, and it is basically the area between the front wheel and the radiator that hit the pavement, what else should I check for damage etc to cure this.
thnx in advance.
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check your ball joints. you say your wheel never took a hit, but check for lost balancing weights. Did you hit your brake rotor? Check that too.

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I hit a curb the other day, more or less while driving out of a driveway drove over the hightened edge of the street walk and the car's front end basically slammed on the edge of the walkway once the front tire went over the bump.
now the car has a slight wobble/vibration in the front end above 60mph. strange thing is that it is not at all noticeable in the steering wheel. only felt like a small vibration in the feet.
Given the wheel never got a hit, i was driving at less than 5mph, and it is basically the area between the front wheel and the radiator that hit the pavement, what else should I check for damage etc to cure this.
thnx in advance.
Old 09-26-05, 10:54 AM
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the tire had already cleared when the front of the car, the bottom of the front bumper piece hit the high end of the ground.
I was under the impression that lost balance weight would result in steering wheel shake...
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