My front passenger wheel seemed to roll back quite a lot

2008 SEAT IBIZA
45,000 MILES
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MARC80
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When changing to the spare wheel, the drivers front wheel did not do this. do i have a problem?

When changing my wheel due to a puncture, i noticed as i was tightening the wheel bolts to secure on the spare wheel that the wheel seemed to move back without much effort. I tried this with my hands, again the same happened. I tried my other wheels and all the wheels on my other car and this did not happen. Has the pot hole i hit the other day caused more damage that i dont know about?
Mar 17, 2012 at 7:42 PM
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DRCRANKNWRENCH
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There is some suspension damage of some sort. More than likely the torque rod had broken or some other component. Take it to an alignment shop and they will fix it and it will need an alignment.
Mar 17, 2012 at 10:14 PM
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