Well, recently, i broke an axle in my crx. Drivers side axle. Anyways, i got a new axle today, was going to put it in, and noticed that my crossmember is bent. Looking at the front of the car, it is obvious that the drivers side of the crossmember is bent down, and that the front drivers wheel points left, while the passenger side points straight. Im going to take pics in a little while to help. How did I bend it? I dont see how a broken axle can bend a crossmember, i didnt hit anything, and it wasnt like this before. Thanks.

 

anybody borrow your car?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Outsane &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anybody borrow your car?</TD></TR></TABLE>negative. Im the only person who has ever, and will ever drive my car. ITs not so much bent as it is twisted.

 

Is this the first time you notice this? Have you inspected the car before? Could you have bought it that way?

 

it definetely was NOT like that before. I have never hit anything. I just now noticed it, it must have happened sometime between the last time i took off my header (month ago) and now. Not sure how though. When i put in the new axle tomorow, im giong to drive it and see how it acts.

 

i'd change it out, they're really easy to come by. make sure the rear crossmember is ok, too, because if one bends, the other tends to. is it really rusted?

 

ever hit a gigantic pothole? speed bump over 15 mph? small child or the neighbors dog? all of those things can do it.