Question about highway pulling

[joncrz]

So this is a question for my DD that is not my e30. At the moment I have my 30 on jack stands getting a complete refresh. So I DD a 01 ford focus (FWD) and she is pretty reliable, recently I hit a pretty big pot hole and got a knot on my sidewall. took it to get new tires and she drove fine for about 2-3 weeks then I noticed while going above 40 mph my steering starts acting funny. For example, if the highway starts to do a slight turn (jumping onto a highway that runs perpendicular to the one I am on) I turn the wheel and there is about half a second delay and the wheels feel like they jerk in response. The jerk is strong enough to scare me a little and has me worried, this does not happen when going below 20. Anyways, I have reason to believe that the tie rods are going on this car (from PO, I never had symptoms) but before I jump the gun on new tie rods is there anything else it could be? I also have a suspicion that it might be motor mounts since the car vibrates excessively while I idle but I have never experienced a swinging engine before so im not sure if it could be that. I will be lifting it on a jack in a few hours when it dries up here and I would like to test everything out under the car.

[jlevie]

If you hit a pothole hard enough to damage a tire, there well could be damage to the suspension. Have the car inspected by an experienced Ford tech and have the alignment checked.