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Might be losing a wheel here soon

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So I get home from work today to have my sister immediately rush up to me and start asking to look at her car. She tells me that there is something going on with her steering and that she can smell rubber burning. So I go ahead walk out to the car and get in and start it, but then I think to myself to do a quick walk around and look at the wheels. I come around to the driver rear wheel to see it pointing in and rubbing on the trailing arm, so first thought for me is to check out the lug nuts (wouldn't be the first time a lug stud has broken off). So I pop the cap off and everything is sitting snug against the hub, so under the car I go! Get underneath and the "control arms?" appear to be fine and have no play, the strut also appears to be fine. Anywho on to the questions...

Is it possible that the hub has split and is on the verge of falling apart? (She says it started doing it just blocks from the house)

Could it be the knuckle itself is defective?

What else could it be?
 


id jack it up, see if the wheel moves. we've seen 2 members back hubs come apart while driving. its not pretty either.
 
thats crazy. if the wheel comes off and hits another car....well who knows what could happen. pile up, deaths. maybe your sisters death? id not want that on my shoulders for the rest of my life.
 


The adjustable "control arm?" closest to the back seems to be the issue. I jacked the car up and upon inspection the nut that keeps the end of the arm from moving back and forth has a good inch gap between it and the adjustable end. So me tightening it back down to the nut should put it back straight yes?
 
yes, that sounds about right. if its still out of whack you should be able to eye ball it some, then take it in for alignment.

id think the lock nut stayed put. why would it walk?
 


Yeah if it hasn't been touched since it was made or for at least a year it won't just move on it's own. You p*ss anyone off lately?
 


I don't think half the cars in my area were able to start today. Our truck wouldn't, mine barley did, and at work we were slammed with a ton of no start conditions coming in on tow trucks.
 
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