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Hi everyone,

I’ll try my best to keep this short to save you some time. I have a 2012 Corolla and I hydroplaned into a curb pretty hard on the front left wheel. Barely got home but it was pulling hard to the left. Did some research and I replaced everything that looked bad. I replaced the lower control arm, inner and outer tie rod, and axle. Everything seems fine, took it to pep boys to get an alignment (probably a bad idea to choose them). When I drove slow it felt fine, but when I got to 60 it would vibrate a lot, to the steering wheel and floorboard. Freaked me out, i checked my wheels and noticed my tire threads were having outer wear and just thought okay, I just need new tires and balance them. I did that and it helped a lot. I can pass 60 without  any vibration but once I’m at 75 it comes back. Not only that, if I slightly turn the steering wheel like 25 degrees to the right and at slow speeds, I can feel the vibration pulsate through once again the steering wheel and the floor board. I’m stuck now, I raised the car and checked the same wheel for play, didn’t find anything. I did notice more threads were showing on the other wheel for the cv axle. But the axle is from car quest so idk if it’s their design. Could it be that I didn’t tighten the axle nut enough?

I’m just hoping someone can lead me into the right direction with this, like what to look for and tests can I do, maybe someone has had this before, any help and input is very much appreciated. 

PS: if it helps, when I turn the steering wheel to the very left, there’s a certain point midway through the turn where something kinda pulls it towards the left and then afterwards it’s very easy to keep going to the left. But the right, it’s constant, feels normal. 

 

Once again, thank you so much for reading! 


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I think for incidents like this, it’s probably best to have it looked at by a reputed front end shop who has good reviews from the people you trust. There are so many front end parts which may have got damaged when you hit the curb. 

Replacing parts without a correct & thorough diagnosis will often waste your money without completely fixing the issue, as in your case. 

Are your front shocks still good?


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the impact could have bent the knuckle. It could have damaged the cv joint too.


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