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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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I had to turn really fast to avoid two cars that collided in front of me, bad new is i hit the median wit my left tire and now my sterring whell pulls very very hard to the left, and i can tell my tire is closer to the body of car than its supposed to..not to mention its rubbing really really bad....what do u think mite b wrong and what kinda price range am i lookin at?
 
Old Oct 19, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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can we get a picture of the damage...so from what i make of it it could be a number of things but what jumps out to me is posibly broken balljoint
 
Old Oct 19, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Well from what I understand, you will definitely need to get an alignment.
 
Old Oct 19, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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There are 2 pics of the damged wheel and the right side which is normal
 
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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does the steering wheel still line up correctly??
 
Old Oct 19, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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no it goes to the right i had to hold it straight with two hands to drive it home
 
Old Oct 20, 2009 | 07:46 AM
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Yea that does not sound the greatest. Sorry to hear that, but I guess in this situation you need to just be happy you did not get into the accident.

I would guess its a tie rod, or axle. I'm not really sure how much that will cost. There could be a lot going wrong/ broken. You may even have a bent rim. I think the only way your going to get it back to normal is to take it in, and figure out what wrong. I would tend to think more than just one thing is wrong depending on how fast you hit. How fast did you hit the curb?
 
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kinda hart to tell using my phone but there is definatly a differance in the gap... i think it's time to pull off the wheel and see whats back there...that would be the easiest for us to diagnose...
 
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Originally Posted by Draciel
Well from what I understand, you will definitely need to get an alignment.
a verry true statement... balljoint,tie rod.worse case sen. contol arm any way will need one
 
Old Oct 20, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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Does this count as part of the accident? Would their insurance cover it?
 

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