shadow_ridge

this past month my car has been making noises on the front right side of the car. AT first I thought it was the weather. But last 2 weeks i heard a draging noise from that side, and got out of the car. I looked at my wheel and my tire was rubbing the rubber sidding. Im worried that my tire will lock up when i turn now. I have looked around on this site and on the net for my issue but no ones has a 100% postive ideas.

this was 2 years ago



this was last night leaving familys for new years



sounds comming from here is like "clack" sound when I brake and the rubbing sound is only when i reverse.

DaBzzMN

ckeck your tie bar i think it is. Let me get you a picture.


look at everything that works with part number 6. The bolt(#27) to hold the radius rod to the front cross member is what has come loose.

89POS

i had the same problem and the radius rod was the ans. check the bolt.quick fix. shown in this guys pic above^^^

shadow_ridge

you know guys that does make sense. Today i went under the side of my car since i dont got a jack with me. I had to take pictures to see whats the issue,and i found a long bar which is the radius rod. It looks like it was scraping the shilding for awhile on the sidewall it was shinny one inch mark on it.

Im gonna get a guy to jack it up in the morning to see it better to make sure there isnt anymore damange.

driving isnt fun anymore, im getting to a point im welling to ride in my girls lancer.... haha

thanks for ya'lls help

DaBzzMN

dont ride the lancer. No its a common problem for some hondas to have that bolt come loose. ITs all from who you take you car to get the alignment done at. If the people leave it loose IT comes free within 3 months. I have to nuts holding down both of front of my radius rods, just for security. YOu dont want that soming out at 100 mph.

shadow_ridge

NEW PROBLEM...

After I got the chance to retighten the rod, it put me back where i should be, but...


now the deep popping noise is back and now I can fell it in the gas pedal. Before it was when i went over somthing, but now its when go over anything.

IM replacing the struts, and the springs soon cause there already 8 years old. Is there anything else should i look at that would cause this popping/knocking noise.?

TouringAccord

ball joint?

sway bar endlinks?

worn bushing?

shadow_ridge

the next thing i was looking at was the sway bar links, they had creaks on the rubber ends. how does that make such a big tump sound being so small?

but thats the only thing i can imagen that i would feel all the way to the pedal.

TouringAccord

The sway bar is put under some good preasure when in a turn and is supposed to be held tight to the lca by the endlinks. if the bushings are worn or cracked, they could allow the connection to become loose, this would allow the sway bar to move making a loud pop when it goes from end of it's movement to the other. It's very possible for this to be your problem. Personally, I would probably start looking there.