ello, i was driving on a parking lot when i wanted to do a u-turn and hit black ice at about 15mph and slid my car into a curb, with my front passanger wheel hitting the curb first. now everytime i hit a pothole or drive over something, steering moves, or when i accelerate the car pulls to the left. anyone help????????? what u mighht think happend with my car?????? anything serious?????

 

it most likly got knocked outta alignment really bad, get an alignment

 

You obviously either bent something, or possibly damaged a steering rack mount.
This is something serious enough that I wouldn't let the guessing go for too long.
Have it looked at, before it turns around and bites you bad.

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replace front wheel bearing on wheel that you hit the curb with in addition to front end allignment

 

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Do not replace wheel bearing it will be a waste of your money... wheel bearings do not get damaged by hitting a curb...........

I agree about having the frt end checked out and do an alignment ..you possably got some bent suspension parts that might not be visible to the naked eye ..

 

any time you put a side load on a bearing like that you should replace it. The bearing will fail, and you notice it when you are driving and your front wheel growling. C&D had a 1994 accord that smaked the rear wheel in a ditch and they had to repalce the bearing in it.......

 

aaight thanks so much im gonna go to the mechanic early next wekk to get it checked out

 

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I beg to differ my friend i have done dozen upon dozen of cars hitting curbs , i have replaced almost every frt suspension parts at 1 time or another but NEVER i have seen a bad wheel bearing due to hitting a curb NOR did it go bad afterward ...

 

Whatever, but just because you say it won't happen doesn't mean that it won't. I have driven enough cars including honda's where the front bearings have failed because a person has hit a curb. But hey, it's not my car so...........you can do what ever you like with your car.

I know that if I hit a curb hard enough to break parts as this person indicated (he hit a curb at 15MPH) I would not take a chance on bearing failure later down the road, I would replace it.

 

Thank You, let us know what they determined.

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ello, i've been to my mechanic and he drove it and then lifted it up on a lift and said that i need the passanger tiebar and aalignment, 55$ for the tie bar and 45$ for labor, but i'll still go and have a second opinion have a look at it.