wheel cocked in very badly and making noises

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2fast2forty
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heres the story on how it began one night i was messin around it was kinda rainy out and i was pulling a U turn and gave it gas to spin around and slid into a curb and it slightly bent my rear tire. ok fast forward to last friday (i had replaced my clutch that i blew and wanted to show my frend with a sr 240 the improvement it made in my performance and was getting on it for the first time. it was fine after that but later that night my tire started to ****ing make noises and when i went home the tire was bent really bad inward. my freind thinks it might be a wheel bearing but he hasnt looked at it in person yet he just told me that over the phone but will no for a fact whats wrong tomorrow.

what could be any other possibilties ................???


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Dattebayo
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Why dont you jack it up and look to see whats bent or broken compared to the other side?

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p00t
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2BN_S13 wrote:Why dont you jack it up and look to see whats bent or broken compared to the other side?
yep, most likely a control arm. You can also check the bearing by putting the car on stands and grabbing top and bottom of tire. If you can pull/twist the wheel around (has play in it) it is the bearing. Bad bearings have a very rough grinding noise to them when driving.

2fast2forty
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how do you replace the control arm

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p00t
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2fast2forty wrote:how do you replace the control arm
very straight forward, unbolt, and replace.


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