I hate Chicago and there road construction, help me with my problem

**VikingDiesel** · 05-23-2008 01:05 AM

So I hit a HUGE earth size pothole in the middle of the interstate (which obviously im going after the state) but besides that, I totally crushed the living hell of my 19" wheel, cracked all over. I was doing 45mph. So, I put the 17" rim in place of the cracked 19" just so I can get home, now as soon as I put the 17" rim, this is the problem I started experiencing right away. When I start to drive between 0-20, the right front(the side I hit) starts to kinda wobble, feels like a wobble and then goes away after 20mph and then comes back when I slow down from 20-0. I went to the tire shop, took all of my 19s off and put all stock wheels and tires, checked the right side, and it looks perfectly fine. Control arms, suspension components... etc. Well now thinking, that I have all stock stuff back that I shouldnt get the wobble, I still do tho. What could it be, im hoping its my worn stock tire and NOT the car since I hit the pothole.

However, I just got some info from AWOT that is possibly might be a bent brake rotor which all the symptoms make to believe that it actually is the brake rotor, when I had the car on the lift today, I spun the wheel freely by hand and it made a very light scraping noise, like the rotor is rubbing against the pad. So that actually makes sense why it happens from 0-20 and 20-0 b/c at higher speeds, it spins to quick, that im not able to feel, if it were a suspension component, it would vibrate or wobble at all speeds. I think it actually is the rotor (crosses fingers considering I have 5 extra rotors) So i should slap on of them on tomorrow and move freely then and see if I get the wobble or scrape noise

**jon c** · 05-23-2008 02:08 AM

that is ridiculous. I've never seen a wheel crack like that before

**Chopstixs** · 05-23-2008 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by jon c

that is ridiculous. I've never seen a wheel crack like that before

You had to be going faster than 45 to get a crack like that!!!

**scot_w** · 05-23-2008 07:28 AM

19s in Chicago?

I switched from an A4 to an allroad on factory 17s on level 3 most of the time. Considered a surplus HMMWV, but the bullet resistant windows are a little small for good visibility when changing lanes.

**VJ's A6** · 05-23-2008 07:48 AM

Man.. that sucks. I think Gigi had the same problem with his 19' BBS. I live in NY I had 18's on my old car and the rims bend like 4 times and bubbles on the tires all the time..

Wish you luck going after the state...

**VikingDiesel** · 05-23-2008 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Chopstixs

You had to be going faster than 45 to get a crack like that!!!

nope, believe it or not, 45MPH!!!, It tells you how big the EARTH SIZE pothole was

**audihtp** · 05-23-2008 10:43 AM

damn sorry to hear. but man can't get as bad as NY.....
and I did hit pot hole in NJ and lost rims last year (yeah how odd I hit one pot hole in NJ lost rim and never lost rim yet in pothole jungle of NY....)

**Alpinevelo** · 05-23-2008 01:03 PM

One more reason why I moved out of Illinois as soon as I finished college... Yes Chicago has some good things but man it's like you get 3 good months and then your whole life goes to hold pattern for the rest of the year again. The worst part is that during the summer all of the roads are under repair. Having a good car is tough there also because of all the salt they spread on the roads during the winter. I do miss going by Lake Michigan and some of the downtown night life, but not enough to make me consider moving back again...

**VikingDiesel** · 05-23-2008 03:00 PM

True, trying to move to So-Cal myself actually.

**Stampy** · 05-23-2008 03:32 PM

did that happen on the Edens? I know they have been messing with it big time recently.

**VikingDiesel** · 05-23-2008 11:43 PM

I-94 right under the lake forest oasis, not sure if its the edens or not, I can never remember which ones which

**FrankA6** · 05-24-2008 01:31 AM

hey welcome to the roads of PA, i feel ya man, but damn, thats a clean 4.2, very nice.

**Howard Hughes** · 05-24-2008 01:56 AM

I hear ya......Thats thanks to our consistent inconsistent weather....haha

**Gigi** · 05-24-2008 09:18 AM

Sorry to hear buddy. I had the same problem, I hit a pot hole, a fricking crater, with my brand new 19 BBS CKs wrapped in Khumos SPT.(500 miles on them). I was diong about 55-60 when I hit it though and the rims held up beteter than yours :) The impact was so hard the car front end jumped off the ground, dome light cover fell down, wood trim above globe box cracked...

Destroyed one, ripped the tire... Suspension held up though. Scratched the rear one too. Insurance paid but state would not, no time to fight with them. Look for my old thread for pics in the A6 forum.
I would say that I beleive you, you can do that kiind of damage at 45 if you hit it... er... just right :( But it also gets that bad when 1- you have Chinese or taiwanese made wheels, 2- have 19 SPTs... those tires have extremely soft side walls in in a 35 series, there is no forgiveness when you hit something wiht these!!!

what wheels were these?

For your wobble... did the shop rebalance them before install? do you feel vibration in the steering wheel? set? whole car? when braking? turning?..