i have a 97 4 door lx-vtec and i was coming around a turn and then i hydroplaned and slid into the curb, i was doing about 25 when i hit it, the brakes wouldnt stop me and i tried to steer out of it... i bent the center of my rim and it look like only my upper control arm is bent... so i threw the back tire on the front and the donut in the back... when i steer the the left its easy but as i steer to the right it steers in like clicks, i have p/s and it feels like turning when your stopped with no power steering....
has anyone else had this happen and what else could be wrong, and could just the upper control arm be causing this problem... please help asap thanks...

also does anyone know if the upper control arm is a dealer only item, because my car is rare in the junk yard...

 

i searched and havent found anyone with my exact problem yet. so far i've seen possible bad

axle
control arms
tie rods
ball joints... still looking for a more specific answer thanks..


the closest thing i've found so far is...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=347436

can anyone elablorate... im having it checked prolly tomorrow at school..
i got an automotive school in exton and they'll do it for free as a class project which ownz, except i dont like other people working on my car... i'll prolly just have em check it out..


Modified by Ek4doorWhore at 2:30 PM 1/13/2005

 

If it looks like the upper control arm is bent, then why don't you start with replacing that?

Check the lower control arm and tie rod end. Anything can be bent.

 

if its clicking you may need a new ball joint my friends was clicking to hell before the axle went. when i went in to get a muffler put in the guy showed me that my cv boot was torn and some of the grease had gotten out he said this means i need a whole new axle. b.s. still on it doing fine and no clicking so you just have to see what different people tell you or go to someone who wont give u b.s. but like he said anything that you see damaged i would replace and go from there

 

bump... but would an UCA affect steering that badly????

 

good luck with that brent... it's sarah by the way!

 

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this is not the radio.. i dont want any shout outs..


ricer....

 

whatever

 

TTT

 

when i got t-boned the my axel bent, cv juice is all over the place, its hard to steer sometimes, and when my wheels are straight...the steering wheel is turned to the right...so yea check out all the axel stuff and you should be good

 

get your tie rod checked out...check the cv boot/axle an since your uca is bent just get a set of camber kits that replace the entire uca like the skunk2's

 

some good info thanks... ttt

 

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absolutely it could. if its bent that the camber will be all jacked up on that one wheel. I would bet if the upper arm is bent though then you have more damage than just that. I would check your lower arm and tie rods as mentioned earlier. if you need oem parts go though iaa or sohfast. they will have it for sure

 

only way to know is to get in there and take a look at it. my g/f hit a curb and i had to replace the lower balljoint and lower control arm. Everything else was fine.

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also does anyone know if the upper control arm is a dealer only item, because my car is rare in the junk yard...</TD></TR></TABLE>

rare in the junkyard? hardly. There's millions of them, literally. You should haven't a problem locating them. I am willing to guess all 96-2000 civics use the same UCA, regardless of trim.

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ricer.... </TD></TR></TABLE>

^^^LOL


how is the clicking sound, its it clicking like when you turn the wheel or when you are turning while driving aka going around a curve at a slow speed?

 

its like turns in clicks like the wheel moves little degrees and it *clicks* into place...
i dunno its hard to explain


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rare in the junkyard? hardly. There's millions of them, literally. You should haven't a problem locating them. I am willing to guess all 96-2000 civics use the same UCA, regardless of trim.
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around here (south jersey, philly, west chester) i've been to about 30 junkyards and only about 3 of them have EK's.... but thanks

 

TTT

 

could it be the steering rack? dont know if ya checked it out yet, just throwin out some suggestions

 

...in school follow up....

Nothing appears to be bent or broken from visual
Most likely power steering rack....

"it might have burnt out a whole gear in the rack"

Should i just replace my rack with a manual rack with the same ratio???
Bump thanks for all the help keep it coming

also does anyone know where to get cheap racks from???
i get like 50% off at pep boys and my price is 240.. for a P/S Rack..
LMK thanks....

 

after lunch bump

 

bump bizzle for this guy

 

thanks bump....

 

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around here (south jersey, philly, west chester) i've been to about 30 junkyards and only about 3 of them have EK's.... but thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>


http://www.car-part.com is your friend.

IAS is also very good.

http://www.importautosalvage.com

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TRUE&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;Thanks

Bump ...

 

got steering rack... manual rack... &lt;

used car-part.com BUMP



Modified by Ek4doorWhore at 7:30 AM 1/16/2005