civicmark

ok, so today i picked up this rex from the junk yard, and it was badly curbed. (3 of the rims are toast) both of the fromt wheels, and one rear wheel are toed out. What do u guys think i'll need to replace?
here come the pics:








i'll take some more pics of the front wheels tomorrow

civicmark

here's a pic of the front wheel, notice how far back it is. Also, when i started it today, it runs fine, and feels like it goes into gear fine, but the wheels dont spin. maybe the axle poped outta the tranny when it hit?
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edit: the front cv boot is ripped if that means anything...



[Modified by civicmark, 3:08 AM 3/23/2003]

rasta420

well, first check all of the front/rear suspension parts. such as lower control arms, upper control arms, steering rack, brakes, hub, and spindle. if any are bent, replace them.

might as well get new axles from autozone or advance auto parts cuz they have lifetime warranties on them so you can change those as often as you want.

civbeater90

just curious as to how much you paid for the car?cuz by the time you get everything straight and figure out what is bent or out of alignment it might cost more thatn you bargained for.i would start by trying to see if the frame is bent.just my 2 cents

Ef Whore

I would rather buy a car hit it the front and fix it, cause curbed cars are hard to get to drive straight again. That is risky business that car. Good luck though.

civicmark

i'm doing a b18a swap, so i dont really care about those.
and i got the car for $500

xcathodex

if i'm not mistaken that lower control arm on the left rear isn't supposed to be crooked...

89civicdx

nah the lower con arm has a bend in it see


For the rear wheel I say you need a whole trailing arm since you have huge toe out and neg camber.

For the front I think you have a bent crossmember + probaly the radius rod is snapped of fubared. Change the whole steering knucke,rad rod and control arm see what changes then go for the cross member or have it pulled.

MugenHonda

thats a lot of work ahead of you and time.
good luck

civicmark

and that's what i want i'm a kid with nothing better to do

civicmark

i'm still waiting for a nice day to start working on it, but here are the other pics. Help wanted on what looks bend or out of place. This is the first time i've worked with anything suspension wise
thanks
driver's side:

Driver's side 2:


pass side:

Pass side 2:




[Modified by civicmark, 1:39 AM 3/28/2003]

photonjedi808

hey it looks like my car when it got hit
I had to change my trailing arm. hard to find one for an si in a junk yard so I had to buy it new from Honda. like 350 I think. You should have an easier time with yours.

civicmark

yeah, i'm doing a b18a swap, and getting a donor integra, so i'm going to do the rear disk brake conversion off of that, so i'll change out the trailing arms, but any ideas on the front?
thanks


[Modified by civicmark, 2:53 AM 3/28/2003]

darkracer

just use the entire suspension from the donor teg. its basically the same, the teg should have sway bars too. so its actually a suspension upgrade,

FourthGenHatch

THE REAR LCAS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BENT/CURVED!

I thought mine were bent also, turns out they are like that from the factory. If you take a ruler you will see all those holes line up straight even if the bar is curved.

If the front wheels are pushed back could be broken radius rods.

civicmark

as the pictures above show.
as for the broken rad rod, what is a radius rod? sorry for the noob question, but what should i look for to be bent and where should i look?

blah13

You should really grab a helms manual, $50 gives you exploded diagrams of pretty much everything.