as i was making left hand turn going about 30 km/h, i cut a corner a bit short... the curb was rather small (3-4 inch tops).
the car doesn't seem to pull nor there's no visible damage to the rim or tire. the only thing i feel is possibly a slight vibration going 80-90 km/h.
but besides balancing is there anything else i should look out for being damaged: control arm, tie rod, joints or maybe wheel hub?
friend of mine hit a curb in his srt and demolished his wheel bearing, and guess what.. it started with a little noise and a vibration.
- Your not-so-local, untrained, uncertified, backyard mechanic. But my @!#$ runs
Usually when this happens people mess up the tire. Check the tire you hit it with, possibly take it off the car, and look for bulges in the tire, both in the tread and the sidewall. Or just take it to a tire shop, they'll be able to see if there's one really easily on the balancer.
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since my car is new and has warranty i need to ask them specifically what to check for, and i cannot claim it if i say "oh, hey i hit a curb, please repair my car"
so i've made a list of things that could be damaged : alignment/bearing/balancing/ tie rod/control arm/ cv joint
anything else i am missing?
You could just tell them it has developed a vibration and go from there.
go with what ohvrolla says. just tell them it's vibrating at x speed and let them figure out what to fix.
ok so i went to a dealer today and they said the vibration was due to unbalanced tires. so all they did was balanced the tires...
hope everything else is ok (that's if they checked it)
Well, if they balanced the tires they'd have seen a busted belt while a tire was running on the balancer. It's pretty easy to spot that way.
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