# Had car jacked one wheel for a month now thumping sound opposite side wheel

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [April 23, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/had-car-jacked-one-wheel-for-a-month-now-thumping-sound-opposite-side-wheel/176337 "2021-04-23T23:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![raycarr00\_174887](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@raycarr00\_174887](https://community.cartalk.com/u/raycarr00_174887)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/had-car-jacked-one-wheel-for-a-month-now-thumping-sound-opposite-side-wheel/176337/1 "2021-04-23T23:58:00Z")

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Had car jacked one wheel for a month (timing belt change)now has intermittent thumping sound opposite wheel(driver’s)at any speed. suspect cv joint. drove 50 mph today and wheel (driver’s) wobbled. Lugs tight. thought wheel would fall off!

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/had-car-jacked-one-wheel-for-a-month-now-thumping-sound-opposite-side-wheel/176337/2 "2021-04-24T00:07:47Z")

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rotate tire on the side you hear the noise. if the noise follows the tire, then you know the tire is the problem.

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**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/had-car-jacked-one-wheel-for-a-month-now-thumping-sound-opposite-side-wheel/176337/3 "2021-04-24T12:09:58Z")

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It’s quite possible that the tire is flat spotted, Sitting for a month can do that.

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**Author:** ![raycarr00\_174887](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@raycarr00\_174887](https://community.cartalk.com/u/raycarr00_174887)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/had-car-jacked-one-wheel-for-a-month-now-thumping-sound-opposite-side-wheel/176337/4 "2021-04-30T03:22:39Z")

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the tire is damaged. might be a flat spot,as there’s no bump on the side or a belt issue. had it balanced and it didn’t help with the intermittent thump but did help with the wobble. put it in the back,where I can now hear a slight intermittent thump. next time,I’ll order the parts first and do the timing belt/water pump in two days,like the first time. thanks guys.

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**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/had-car-jacked-one-wheel-for-a-month-now-thumping-sound-opposite-side-wheel/176337/5 "2021-04-30T22:18:55Z")

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You lifted one tire 2” off ground and this minor weight shift screwed opposite tire?

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**Author:** ![raycarr00\_174887](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@raycarr00\_174887](https://community.cartalk.com/u/raycarr00_174887)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/had-car-jacked-one-wheel-for-a-month-now-thumping-sound-opposite-side-wheel/176337/6 "2021-04-30T22:31:42Z")

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About a foot or higher… enough to get the leaky water pump & timing belt componets off. Might be a bent rim. It’s the one wheel,for sure. The wheel’s in the back and barely noticeable,now.