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well i had never driven on a spare in my life, up until 2 nights ago when i ran up a curb (streets were more icy than wet ) anyways i popped the drivers front tire. and now when i drive my car pulls to the left. is it normal with a spare? or did i **** something else up? if so what can it be n how do i fix thx

 
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Yes, it's normal. The spare tire is smaller than a regular tire, so naturally, it will tend towards that direction.

That's why they're noted as "temporary".

-- Kane

 
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You also may have damaged something in the supension, you wanna have that checked out.

 
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You hit a curb? Pretty good chance alignment is off.

 
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i hit a curb an bent the lower control arm an thats probably what warped the rotor a little latr you want to have the entire assembly checked out it will save you money an headache in the long run, Curbs hit hard at forty!!!

 
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thx for the help. but new problem. i put on another tire and now the problem is worse. the car wont just veer left, it jerks there. and on top of that my car feels a lot more sluggish when i turn hard left compared to when i turn hard right where it feels tight and normal. wtf? what did i break now

 
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Like everyone else said you either bent/broke something or your alignment is probably off. Take it to a shop have them look at it. I hit a couple curbs before (thankfully in cars i dont care about) and they can really f cars up. You dont think going 20-30 mph and hitting a curb isnt going to hurt anything but it does. Also I have driven on spares before and noticed no difference to a regular tire other than you are not supposed to go over a certain speed usually like 55 or 60mph, so in answer to topic question I would say no.