Dam Potholes

[Dm_26]

Driving home from work one night, same route home, all of a sudden theres a massive pothole which you cant avoid.

BANG! Straight in.

Car seemed fine and got it home.

Next day i take it out and the steering felt really heavy, got out and checked the tires and it looked a bit flat, so went to the garage and put air in, helped a wee bit but not much. Then checked the power steering fluid which was below minimum. A hop, skip and jump to Halfrauds (£6.50 a litre no less) and it was topped up. No imediate difference but the next day it was slightly better.

I have noticed the car starting to pull to the left hand side a bit aswell and the front nearside tire is wearing on the outside.

Also hit a kerb on the same wheel today and its getting quite bad.

What do you suggest could be the problem?

I putting it in to get two front tires and get the tracking done but do you suggest it could be something else?

Also, when i turn the steering wheel, there is a sort of rubbing sound coming from the steering wheel boss, is this normal? Also the steering wheel isnt centre, will this sort out after the tracking is done?

 

[fossie]

im not sure what the problem could be mate but get pics of the damage and the said pothole. Send them to the council and try and claim some compo

 

[MarcoB]

+1 As above.

 

[mickstoke]

sounds like its knocked your tracking out!

 

[Rob.]

Get tracking done to eliminate that.
If that's not sorted it out Get under it and see if any thing looks different then the other side.

 

[NaGGz]

I had a similar problem not long ago, hit a huge pothole and fubard my front nerside wheel up! The hit buckled my alloy wheel which in turn caused my tyre to go flat.

So i got the tyre swapped and wheel rebalanced and it seems to have sorted the problem, I havent done many motorway miles since though and thats what the guy at the garage said would cause me problems, if any...

 

[Poopensharten]

Steering Gemometry will need re aligned mate if its pulling in one direction

 

[clio_greg]

im not sure what the problem could be mate but get pics of the damage and the said pothole. Send them to the council and try and claim some compo

+1. lazy b******s!