What happens if you hit your tire on a curb?
A major problem resulting from hitting the curb is throwing your car’s suspension out of alignment. This will lead to uneven tire wear in as little as 200 miles. Your tire may also have suffered damage to the sidewall that could lead to a possibly dangerous blowout.
Is it bad for tires to touch curb?
When a tire bumps into a curb, the sidewall of the tire is rubbed against the curb. Even though parallel parking is done at slow speeds and you can quickly stop if you hit the curb, repeated rubbing over the life of a tire could eventually impact the tire’s integrity.
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What happens when you hit a curb with right front wheel?
Hit a curb with right-front wheel. There is a thin metal splash shield behind the brake rotor. That might be rubbing against the rotating brake rotor and making that sound. When that happens, it can make a hellacious noise. The shield is easily bent away, bend it 1/8 inch, from the rotor.
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Why does my car make a weird noise when I hit the brakes?
Even if that were the problem, you likely still have an issue about damaged suspension parts and this may not be noticable to the naked eye at all. There is a thin metal splash shield behind the brake rotor. That might be rubbing against the rotating brake rotor and making that sound. When that happens, it can make a hellacious noise.