SlippylesKB

I want to know HONESTLY what type of reliability issues that you guy's have w/ your swaps. If I got DSS Stage 1 axles, and Hasport Motor Mounts what type of reliability issues will I have. This is going to be my daily driver, only car. So if I did this swap I need to know exactly what I am getting myself into.

Edit: I don't want to konw JUST axle issues. But ANYTHING that would be annoying and cause my car to be out of commission.

fastwanabe

so far so good no realiabilty problems however the slight vibration is kinda annoying. I figure a s long as you drive like normal and not like an ******* it'll be as realiable as any Honda.

EK22Tim

I have an EK h22 and the only major issues I've had have been with my axles, but since you did it 'right' the first time, (DSS stage1's) you shouldn't see anything major. Take your time when installing it and you'll be OK. I drive mine 50+ mi. a day to/from work, etc. and have no other probs but vibration (urethane motor mounts) and axles binding cuz it's lowered, etc.
As stated above, drive it sensibly and regularly maintain it and you'll be fine. Good luck!~

SlippylesKB

How long have you guy's had your cars with swaps?

junglerunna

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SlippylesKB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How long have you guy's had your cars with swaps?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I been driving mine for about 2 months everyday, and no problems. Knock on wood.

JDMH22HATCH

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I have had mine for over a year now, and the only reliability problems I have had were my fault, and not due to the swap. But other than me being an idiot, the car runs awesome and drives great.

EK22Tim

Mine's been in commission for about 5-6 mos. now. No problems. I have put around 9K miles on it already!!

junglerunna

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Thats a very good point he said.

SpdFrk

What exactly does 'axles binding' mean?

EK22Tim

The axles I am using are too long for the spot, so the knuckles actually 'bind' when I hit a bump. It's like a big vibration/hideous shaking of the car.

junglerunna

Im pretty sure if you had any axle binding issues, you would be well aware of it. Meaning when you hit a bump or cornered hard and had excessive amount of vibration you would definatly be like WTF is going on here.

poison

reliability is awesome for me thus far.

haven't had one single problem with the engine running, shifting gears or anything.

the only issue is just the passenger axle inner CV joint shaft being slightly too short so it's not locking into the tranny. But it's my fault for not calling Frank at DSS yet.

You'll love the play with it and eveything else, and shouldn't have any issues at all as long as it's installed right.

fastwanabe

I've had my swap since October with no problems... except my dam trans leaks MTF.

man.. looking @ all the problems you guys have with the DSS axles I'm gonna stick to stock ones they've been working fine for me.

poison

hey fastwanabe, where you leaking and what axles you using again? lol

junglerunna

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man.. looking @ all the problems you guys have with the DSS axles I'm gonna stick to stock ones they've been working fine for me.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have had zero problems with mine, knock on wood.

fastwanabe

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I'm using 90 Accord HS and 90 teg driver side axle and 89 pass side axle, MTF is leaking from the HS side.

junglerunna

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I'm using 90 Accord HS and 90 teg driver side axle and 89 pass side axle, MTF is leaking from the HS side.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Does that have anything to do with when you cracked your bell housing?

fastwanabe

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Does that have anything to do with when you cracked your bell housing?</TD></TR></TABLE>

na, its not cracked at all its just a hole, its leaked since the swap was done.GRRR

poison

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na, its not cracked at all its just a hole, its leaked since the swap was done.GRRR </TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm having this exact problem! Except mine on the other side

I've taken out my axle millions of times, expanded the snap ring, punched the axle into the tranny, and the damn thing comes out about 1/2" causing it to leak. A lot of times I have to push the thing right in.

I was thinking of going to friggin Pepboys and getting a damn 90-93 Passenger axle, but I'm just not wanting to spend the $60 lol. I guess I should call frank.

fastwanabe -- you said HS, you mean halfshaft side right? Unless I'm trippin.

If it is, unless your axle seals are bad, how the hell are you leaking from there?

fastwanabe

yes I mean halfshaft when I say HS sorry, I changed the seal already and it still leaks.

poison

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Damn. That's some wierd ****. You workin on gettin LSD tranny?

H22ek4

I have about 15k miles on, the only problem that I have is cooling problem when its 90 degrees driving in traffic, I probably need just replace the thermostat or bleed the cooling.

Jonathan_ED3

Mine's been pretty reliable.

Except for an oil pan gasket I can't keep from leaking no matter what I do!

Taking it on a 5,000 mile road trip in August

Jonathan_ED3

Oh, and as far as annoying.....with my Hasport 'Race' mounts, having the A/C on at Idle makes the dash shake a little (it's actually loose though...so I might be able to take care of it)......with the a/c off, it idles almost as well as stock (have idle set at 950rpm).

Also, I noticed that if I can keep it idling at 1100 with the a/c on, there's no vibration whatsoever......it feels completely stock. So I might bump it up just a TAD higher

Oh, another annoying this is that I keep burning my friggen hand on my Header when fiddling with stuff

And probably the most annoying thing is that the speedometers (at least in EG's with 14" wheels) are roughly 20% fast.

So you're putting fake miles on your car, and also are tricked into thinking you're getting better gas mileage than you really are.

I've got a solution coming soon though

fastwanabe

now that you mentioned the speedo thing, I tried a d series(thats what the guy told me)VSS and it was still inaccurate by the same amount. I wonder if voltage wise we could trick the ECU?