fredkasti

94 Civic Si

Uh, it 2019 now...

tony_2018

fredkasti

uh 2019 now yeah!

Ron Frankfather

thanks definitly going to reference this

tamboo

chiming in to bash gates and moog. my last gates water pump gave out after 5 years/about 50k miles.
prior to that i had 3 gates pumps that made it to 90k with no issues.
the moog ball joint i bought had a ridiculously thin boot on it. both brands used to be quality but are now are now made in china apparently.
now running a bando timing belt (made in germany) and npw water pump (japan). wouldve gone with aisin
pumps but cant find one for gs-r engine. mitsuboshi timing belt is another good option.
check out the tbk kits with high quality mostly japanese parts:


special shout out to denso for great quality and (mostly) reasonable prices.

Robert187

Thank you for your hard work

stin1

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hfsb

Hi.
Any reliable OEM brand for sway bar end links? Its for an EK3 from 96.
​​​​​​​Thanks

kokopelli

harrynguyen

Hey bro, new here. I always use Bosch for oil filter... You should put that in. And as far as coolant, do you have a recommendation? Thanks

Outrun

Anyone use 1A Auto parts? They have a pair of lower ball joints with castle nuts and split pins for $34.99, while a single Honda LBJ from hondapartsnow is around $55, not including the castle nut or split pin (another $7 or so for both). There are even cheaper ones on rockauto but haven't heard of some of those companies/brands.

coloradotrout

I'd look to compare the brand instead of the seller. 1aauto does make some nice youtube videos.

I bought Moog for my Ford truck, but some here are pretty negative on Moog.

coloradotrout

Thoughts on tie rod ends? I guess it fits into the "ball joint" bucket, where I was directed to Moog for my Ford truck, but others here are saying "no!" to Moog for the Civic. Thoughts?

Outrun

Unfortunately I wasn't able to determine what brand ball joint 1A Auto is selling. I just went ahead and ordered the Honda lower ball joints from acuraexpressparts.com.

deschlong

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Updated with some details on clutch kits / flywheels and bearings information.

MadVladCivic

Hi guys,

1996 Civic DX w/ 113K miles.

I read the post re ball joints (Sankei 555 & Moog no longer recommended)
as I will need to replace my tie rod ends and lower ball joints at some point.
I found Sankei 555 ball joints and tie rods at Partsgeek.com:

https://www.partsgeek.com/gbproducts...-01072584.html

Not much diff in price (Majestichonda.com) between the tie rod ends but
about 20$ diff in price when comparing lower ball joints. Did not find the Sankei 555
TREs at Rock Auto. Although I did find the Aisin TKH005 timing belt kits!

TomCat39

I recently bought Sankei 555's for my wifes care earlier this year. They seem decent.

I think you have to worry when you open the box and don't find Sankei product inside. People return **** all the time with alternate product so to get their money back and return inferior cheaper product they bought elsewhere but didn't want to use.

Autopartsway so far has been a quality parts warehouse. It seems they do pretty decent QA control for both parts going out as well as returned product. I haven't received any miss boxed product to date.

joranamo

Just got Beck/Arnley wheel bearings off rock auto and they are repackaged NTN bearings.

Spaceturtle917

Just purchased Timken bearings off rock auto. For a 96-00 Civic Ex. They're stamped with Japan and Koyo on them. I guess they're repackaged koyos. Pn#510030.

This brand is exempt from the list for being made in China, ymmv, mine were made in Japan.

tamboo

bought an intermotor ignition switch about 5 years ago, was a good replacement at the time.
time for a new one so just bought another. total junk so now bought a genuine which is honda oem in a white box. already bought a genuine oil pan, came in a honda box at reasonable price and is working well . autopartsway has a fair amount of genuine stuff so check it out.

"Genuine is a collection of OEM supplied auto parts designed to bring you factory quality parts in a "white box" providing quality auto part at unbeatable prices."

https://www.autopartsway.com/partdet.../pagenum1/tabs

TomCat39

Yeah I get a fair amount of OEM from Autoparts way. Starting to get a little more difficult to find 5th gen parts though even there. :/

myfavecoupe

Any suggestions on clutch master/slave cylinders?

Recently purchased Exedy but the master failed a month later and both the original and warranty replaced slave leaked at the bleeder screw.

deschlong

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^^ Agreed. Bought a Dorman replacement slave and it also sucked. My original was fine, I was just thinking preventative maintenance. I was wrong and made it worse. Note you can replace the leaky bits in the master and keep your OEM Nissin.