I was driving down the road yesterday and hit a pothole, which didn't look too large but from the noise the car made it must have been like the Grand Canyon. After I drove a little way along the road I started to hear a very loud knocking noise.
The noise was so bad I pulled in at B&Q and phoned my mechanic who said that I may have buckled a wheel, which is common on Alfas apparently because of the composition of the wheels. Anyway I drove it back home (because the locking nut key was in the garage), and I wasn't convinced since the tyre was still inflated and when I jacked the car up it the wheel was spinning true. By the time I got home the noise had stopped. Phoned the mechanic and he advised me to check the wheel anyway.
I swapped the wheel for the space saver, and drove it round over a variety of road conditions, and the noise hasn't come back. I had a look at the wheel and theres no evidence of any damage to it, and it rolls fine. I looked over the suspension, but couldn't find anything and its all new anyway.
Is this likely to be a fault with the wheel? Anything else I should be looking to check?
The noise was so bad I pulled in at B&Q and phoned my mechanic who said that I may have buckled a wheel, which is common on Alfas apparently because of the composition of the wheels. Anyway I drove it back home (because the locking nut key was in the garage), and I wasn't convinced since the tyre was still inflated and when I jacked the car up it the wheel was spinning true. By the time I got home the noise had stopped. Phoned the mechanic and he advised me to check the wheel anyway.
I swapped the wheel for the space saver, and drove it round over a variety of road conditions, and the noise hasn't come back. I had a look at the wheel and theres no evidence of any damage to it, and it rolls fine. I looked over the suspension, but couldn't find anything and its all new anyway.
Is this likely to be a fault with the wheel? Anything else I should be looking to check?
