here's the deal.. earlier me, my bro and my girl were driving on the highway then the front starts to shake like crazy so i was like wtf?!?! so, i pulled over to see what's up and didnt find anything wrong so i got back in and backin up then all of sudden the front right tire blew out... the guy at a near shop told me that my tire had a BUBBLE inside!! wtf, is that? anyways..so i changed the tire then other shiznit goes wrong the front left strut starts to make a squicky noise while im driving,does that mean that i need to replace the front struts or could it be sumtin else???

 

performe the bounce test on your struts and see if passes. Check for leaks. is that side of the car sitting lower than the others?

 

a bubble is usually caused by too much air. people who check the tire pressure in the winter usually pumps up the tire since the winter obviously has colder air than the summer. Heat = air expansion, Cold = air compression. when people pump up their tires in the winter, they sometimes forget to check the tires again in the summer. meaning there is too much pressure in the tires. notice there is a maximum tire pressure that is allowed on a certain tire. this causes bubbles which is on the sidewall which then makes the sidewall weak casuing your tire to pop.

Many people blow tires a day, most of the time they just put a spare on n get a new tire n call it a day. are you sure that its you're strut thats making the noise and now something else?? when do you get this sound? whenyoure turning, only going over bumps, when you're car is driving on a flast surface???

 

i got a bubble running over a pot hole once. had to replace the tire just in case.

 

Bubbles are bad!

Yeah, inspect your tires a bit. Plenty of pot holes here in SA but only had a bubble once.

 

squeak could be the strut mount. That's only a $30 part. However, you may have damaged other suspension parts when the tire blew (control arm, wheel bearing, axle or CV joint.) Get it checked out.

 

How do you find out how much air is supposed to be in a certain tire?

 

WTF! Have you ever heard of a tire gauge? The recommended tire pressure is shown inside the lid of the console between the two front seats, as well as in the owners manual. For my 95SE, its 33 front, 32 rear.

 

i get the sound when im basically doing anything..i get in the car it squeeks,when im riding on a flat surface it squeeks. im just afraid that it might bust on me while im on the road and that would real suck bad..im gonna get it checked this monday since the dealership is close on sunday,dammit..right now im just really and dunno what the heck is goin on... i hope TRACKSMART is right that it's just the strut mount if not then

 

no, it's sitting pretty even!!