I hit a curb with the passenger front wheel hard enough to chip the rim and bend the lower control arm. I had replaced the ball joints, links, struts at 100,000 miles. I have 127,000 now.
I replaced the rim (tire seems okay), lower control arm, axle (new Cardone) and stabilizer link, had the new wheel balanced and a 4 wheel alignment. This car has been very quiet on the highway but I now pick up a slight hum, starts at 35 to 40 mph and is not affected by turning. The noise seems to get a little louder with speed but not exceedingly so. I am thinking it may be a bearing or a bad belt in the tire. Before I start rotating wheels and replacing a bearing I was hoping for some help from this forum.
Thoughts?
I replaced the rim (tire seems okay), lower control arm, axle (new Cardone) and stabilizer link, had the new wheel balanced and a 4 wheel alignment. This car has been very quiet on the highway but I now pick up a slight hum, starts at 35 to 40 mph and is not affected by turning. The noise seems to get a little louder with speed but not exceedingly so. I am thinking it may be a bearing or a bad belt in the tire. Before I start rotating wheels and replacing a bearing I was hoping for some help from this forum.
Thoughts?