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I hit a pot hole last nite...now my car is shaking...what can it be?

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Old 05-22-2004, 05:27 AM
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Default I hit a pot hole last nite...now my car is shaking...what can it be?

bent wheel or mis-alignment?
Old 05-22-2004, 05:34 AM
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Default It can be a lot of possibilities

Lost a few balancing weights on your wheel
Bent your rim
Messed up your alignment
Bent up your axle/control arms
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Default Could be both, or you could have damaged the belts on your tire.

Best thing to do is to go to a tire shop and have them look-over and rebalance the tire that nailed the pothole. That should solve the problem.

It's probably a good idea to get the car re-aligned after such an impact anyway. If it threw the alignment out, you would probably pull to one side or the other, or you would have weird wear on the tires. An alignment will help make sure that you don't end-up wearing out your tires prematurely due to geometry changes from hitting the pothole.

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Default Most likely bent wheel

I would think the alignment would be more pulling than shaking. Or you may have lost the wheel weights on impact, throwing off your balance.
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