I took my car to get an alignment and they said my caster is off on the left side. They had to order an inner tie rod for an 88 crx. My brakes are from a crx (I have a 91 hatch) They are asking me if my whole steering rack is from it. Is that something that some people do with these civics? I bought the car like that so I don't know. It is the caster on the right side that is off I think.

 

your caster has nothing to do with your inner/outer tie rod...???

 

Very true, caster on a honda stock is not adjustable (atleast that's what I believe???) Are you sure it's not your toe that is off???

Also, if they say the caster is off, ask them how many degree's and get back to us. Don't get ripped off

Caster is adjusted by the length of the radius rod arm which connects to the front crossmember and the front lower control arm. I just don't see how tie rods can affect caster at all....but maybe I'm just not thinking of something.....????

 

I don't mean the tie rod is affecting the caster. I am saying that they had to order a tie rod from an 99 crx to fit. The caster is off and we both don't know why. It was aparently before the front end work was done. I don't know exactly how many degrees but it is pulling to the left so I guess the right wheel is back a nice amount.

 

has the front end of the car been in a wreck? did it have any sort or "frame" damage?

 

The caster is off on one of my CRX's. The driver's side wheel is pushed towards the back of the car. It's pretty obvious just from looking at it that the caster is wrong. The wheel doesn't look "centered" in the wheel well space. Too much gap on one side of the wheel, and too small of a gap on the other side. It turns out that several suspension pieces were bent. I've replaced the LCA and that fixed it a bit because the LCA was bent. But the mounting point on the front crossmember for the radius rod is pushed out of place, so the radius rod isn't holding the LCA in the right position...so the wheel is pushed out of position.

To summarize. The usual culprits for bad caster are: Bent LCA, bent radius rod, damaged front crossmember, or badly bent frame where the front crossmember mounts to the chassis.

 

Thanks man, I will look into that.

 

oh, tell your shop that the crx and hatch steering rack/tie rods are the same. the only difference is si or not, and power steering or not. si is just geared differently.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stickershop.ca &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">To summarize. The usual culprits for bad caster are: Bent LCA, bent radius rod, damaged front crossmember, or badly bent frame where the front crossmember mounts to the chassis.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Those were my thoughts of what to check.