95stillenmax

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I was driveing last night on my way home and I hit a giant pot hole and now when I am driving there is a loud knocking noise along with a bad vibration I am thinking its the axel but I dont wanna pull it out until I figure out it thats the main possibility is there anything else it could be
thanks in advance Brandon

maximagunner

check to see if the rim is true first

MDeezy

iTrader: (27)

damn.

something more than likely is bent, is jsut a matter of finding out what.

control arm
sway bar
broken axle/cv joint
best bet is to jack up and take off the wheel and inspect, to find out exactly what has bent or broken, better to find out that way then when driving down the road and it reveals itself then.

maximagunner

control arm
sway bar

those would have nothing to do with the vibration. but the control arm may be bent. the sway bar is supposed to bend, unless the mount broke. you may have also bent the wheel lugs, crushed the bearing, bent the hub/knuckle. did you hit the side of the wheel by any chance? b/c then you should be ready to shell out some serious $$$.

Stuntin' 101

bent rim...

DR-Max

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Why don't you start taking things off and let us know what you find because anyone can take a guess but we certainly can't tell you whats wrong thru telepathy.

WielkiWaac

iTrader: (8)

Have same problem. But my car shakes over 65 mph. I know that my rim is bent. How can I fix it. One guy told me 120 to 150 bucks.

TsingTsaoNYC

If the bend is not that bad, all you have to do is get the wheel/tire rebalanced and use weights to counter the bend.

flthere

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I'm hitting potholes everyday, no major ones yet though Damn roads here ... Canadian roads are much better .. chicago roads sucks ...

95stillenmax

iTrader: (11)

took the car to get checked out today and they said it seemed to be my wheel bearing what do you guys think about it being the wheel bearing

DR-Max

iTrader: (3)

Try this...

Jack up one side enough so the tires are off the ground. Then turn or spin the wheel several times and see if you hear excessive noise. If you do, then its most likely the wheel bearing. If you are comfortable with removing your own tire/wheel, do it and do your own visual inspection all around each side of the axle. Let us know what you find.

Also, try this link: http://www.2carpros.com/ask.htm .

DragonMaxima

iTrader: (7)

I'm sorry but New York City has the worst pot holes you can imagine.