Ok, a few days ago I came around a curb to fast on a wet road and slid into a curb going about 30mph. The front wheel hit first and the rear slid around and hit it too. As I came to a stop the front wheel CAME OFF and went rolling off the road. I took the car to Less Schwab and since stock rims cost $300 each and I needed two I just went ahead and bought four new rims for less. Luckly none of the tires were damaged. After they put the new rims on I drove it around the block and it drove ok, but the stearing wheel was off by 45 degrees. So I asked them to do an alignment and they called me up saying that I had a bent Trailing Arm, Control Arm, and should probibly get a new HUB Assembly (bearings).

Anyways, after all that the car still pulls slightly to the right and there is a faint scraping sound comming from the front tire area around 20-30 mph. I asked the mechanic at Less Schwab about it and he said that they looked at it and couldn't see anything else wrong and not to worry because the pull will not cause tire wear.

Only problem is I am worried....

I am thinking of taking it to a subaru repair shop, but they charge an arm and a leg just to look at the car.

Any advise beside not running into any more curbs?

P.S. I have a few stock 2005 Subaru Legacy GT Wheels for sale now

 

Crap, if you are driving an 05 take it to a reputable shop. It's worth it to get it fixed correctly.

 

If I were you I'll take it to a good body shop - sounds like structual problem

 

Don't scrimp on the safty of you and the car. Your Subie dealer will tell you best about your car. If the other shop did not do a four wheel align., YOU WILL pull!!! that is just how the AWD system works. This is also where you might be having issues to.

 

Ok, I took it by a Subaru service center (i.e. dealership) and had them take a look at it. They noticed that the rotor on the front wheel is damaged on the edges and may be the cause of the scrapping noise, which has got a little worse over the past week. They also said I should get another alignment. I let them know Les Schwab already did an alignment and said the car needs more work to be aligned properly, but they did not know what else was wrong. So I'm scheduled to have the rotor replaced tommorrow at the Subaru shop. Hopefully It will not cost to much and will get it running smoth again.

 

howd it go?

 

Finally, after 2 weeks the dealer got the rotor in. Can't believe it took them that long to deliver a rotor. Anyways, after replacing the rotor they realized the scraping noise was the front bearings. Then, after replacing the front bearings they still couldn't get it to align right. The tech said he thinks it may be the knuckle. The service rep said that driving it may damage it more, plus they don't have a knuckle in stock so he put me up in a rental. Knuckle should arrive tomorrow.

P.S. They didn't seem to mind me driving it for the 2 weeks prior while they waited on the rotor lol

*EDIT*
Ok, two days later I'm sitting in the waiting room for them to get done installing the knuckle and try aligning it again. Complimentary internet is nice though.

 

About $1600 later it is finally fixed. It drives straight and there are no noises. However, the stearing wheel is off center slightly. Thinking about taking it back to the dealership again, but don't really want to...