Q: Screaching

asked by on August 15, 2017

Hi I hit something with a rock near the front left tire right under the driver side of my vw jetta 01 and it makes a metal on metal rubbing sound. I cant tell what the part is but there is one on both sides of the car and it connects to another part which goes into it but I was wondering what the part is that got dented.

My car has 144000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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