litterbox

so ya...i hit a curb two nights ago with all the impact on my driver's side rear tire. the tire now sits like this (\) instead of being fully vertical. this is positive camber right? how can i fix this?

KayOs

yikes....you may have bent a crucial suspension component. Remove the rear wheel and inspect for damaged trailing arms or bent suspension.

nxstrikerxn

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HAHA i have dis accidents like more den once..cuz im a such a GREAT driver jus bring it to da alignment shop n fix da control arms cuz each time wen u hit da curb its bends da control arms..but u have to ask dem which one, cuz dere r two upper n lower controll arms...

sceg

happened to my eg once, actually bent the subframe between the lca's (where the inner lca mount is). had to take it to a body shop and stick on a frame puller. good thing i was able to adjust my upper camber and get it straight until it was fixed....

when_im_gone

umm Im not big on suspension but couldnt that mean a broken axel. (this trial user **** sucks)?


hey did you read what I said? Im not big on suspension. So yeah thanks for being so helpful to newb but yeah oh well you live you learn


Modified by when_im_gone at 4:21 PM 5/16/2004

doublejz

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I didn't know Civics were RWD.</TD></TR></TABLE>
hehe

litterbox

thx guys i'll take it to an alignment place, hope my frame isn't bent o man

sceg

depending on how bad it is, a normal alignment shop might not be able to fix it. like i said, mine went to a body shop because they have a frame puller. to the best of my knowledge there isnt an alignment shop around here with that kind of equipment(might be different where you live though). good luck though

99blackcivicSi

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nxstrikerxn &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">HAHA i have dis accidents like more den once..cuz im a such a GREAT driver jus bring it to da alignment shop n fix da control arms cuz each time wen u hit da curb its bends da control arms..but u have to ask dem which one, cuz dere r two upper n lower controll arms...</TD></TR></TABLE>

WTF did you just say????

pull off the wheel where the damage is, inspect parts and replace as neccessary then take it to get an alingment

Also this might be a great opurtunity to put rear discs on if you don't already have them.

ibe2fly

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by litterbox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> the tire now sits like this (\) instead of being fully vertical. this is positive camber right? how can i fix this? </TD></TR></TABLE>

(\) is negative camber ... (/) is positive camber

ABK

oh it might be bad, when I slid into the curb going 5 mph sideways after some retard cut me the **** off, I ended up bending the rail that holds lower control arms. I'm lucky that I know a good mechanic that welded it back in for cheap. My whole rear suspension was trashed, came out to $800.

I swear if I would ever catch that retard I would fucken kill him.

sceg

litterbox had it right, (\) is positive camber if its on the drivers side like he said