Slid on ice and kerbed car. Strange hum
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Hello
Looking for some advice if anyone has come across this before.
I slide on ice and kerbed the front wheel (drivers side). Damaged alloy and bent wishbone. Both repaired but there is still a strange hum coming from the drivers side. I have been told by the mechanic who fixed the wishbone that I need to get the wheels aligned.
Just a bit worried it might be more serious
Looking for some advice if anyone has come across this before.
I slide on ice and kerbed the front wheel (drivers side). Damaged alloy and bent wishbone. Both repaired but there is still a strange hum coming from the drivers side. I have been told by the mechanic who fixed the wishbone that I need to get the wheels aligned.
Just a bit worried it might be more serious
It was making the hum after I had kerbed it. got told the wishbone was damaged. this got replaced but they said it needed aligned. obviously not going back to this place again but the hum is still there as before. Before I go and get it aligned, I am just worried it could be more serious
If the wishbone was damaged there's a good chance a bunch of other bits are damaged too (bearing, knuckle, other controls arms).
I don't think a messed up alignment would produce a hum, could be the bearing, but you do need an alignment regardless.
EDIT: Didn't think about driveshafts / diff as I assumed RWD for some reason and you damaged the front wheel. Is it FWD or RWD or Both?
I don't think a messed up alignment would produce a hum, could be the bearing, but you do need an alignment regardless.
EDIT: Didn't think about driveshafts / diff as I assumed RWD for some reason and you damaged the front wheel. Is it FWD or RWD or Both?
If the whack was hard enough to bend a front wishbone, it's virtual given that something else will be out of alignment .
It should have been on a 4 wheel alignment before it was allowed out on the road .
Worse case , strut , wheel bearing , steering arm , steering rack , brake disc , buckled rim , warped tyre .
One , several or all of the above .
Even a kinked chassis rail .
It should have been on a 4 wheel alignment before it was allowed out on the road .
Worse case , strut , wheel bearing , steering arm , steering rack , brake disc , buckled rim , warped tyre .
One , several or all of the above .
Even a kinked chassis rail .
Equus said:
What sort of half-arsed monkey 'repaired' a damaged wishbone without doing the alignment as part of the job?
Literally any backstreet that doesn't have access to a multi thousand £ hunter machine? Plenty of reputable backstreet guys who simply don't have the equipment to do some jobs. Getting it back then popping it into a local tyre shop for an alignment is hardly a hardship, provided the mechanic tells you you need an alignment (as he has in the OPs case) caelite said:
Literally any backstreet that doesn't have access to a multi thousand £ hunter machine?
You don't need a multi thousand £ hunter machine to set tracking (I speak as someone who used to set up race cars with simple optical gauges and bits of string).And even if it did, being a backstreet operation doesn't prevent you farming out the jobs you can't do properly yourself, to someone who can.
996TT02 said:
Equus said:
What sort of half-arsed monkey 'repaired' a damaged wishbone without doing the alignment as part of the job?
Maybe the very common sort who does not have alignment equipment and actually told the OP to get an alignment done.OP, as grumpy52 said earlier, sorry to say but chances are if you've hit the kerb with enough force to bend the wishbone then there's probably more that is broken as well.
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