ev94eg

i got a 94 civic 4 door and when i cut my wheel almost all the way left something pop but it doesnt do it when i cut it right, it has new tie rods also. any help would be appreciated.

Former User

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You may have a bad axle.

ev94eg

thats what i was kind of thanking. and thanks btw for changing that for me. wont happen again

ElliotSiR

Check your ball joints along with the axles. Ball joints should have no more than a nickle's thickness worth of play in them. The proper way to check them is to lift the car slightly off the ground, put a pry bar between the ground and the tire, and pull up on the tire. If it is your ball joints, fix them before you drive the car again, if a ball joint goes out, you will crash. How do I know? Seen it happen in person.

94EG8

They shouldn't have any play in them. Period.

ElliotSiR

Zero play is considered optimum, but the thickness of a nickle is considered acceptable. If that's not the case then ASE needs to edit their test answers.

Queasel

Check your ball joints. I have a 92 civic hatch and mine was doing the same exact thing but it was when I turned the wheel to the right. I changed the ball joint and it fixed the poping problem its worth a shot.

94EG8

Some makes (Ford comes to mind) allow for a small amount of play. But a Honda balljoint should have none.

matt824

same thing happened to me, it actually turned our to be a bad bushing in the front lower control arm, went and bought the energy ones and it fixed it

shogee

Ase is talking about gm truck specs,