after christmas my brother brought my crx back with an alignment problem. the passenger side was about an 1/2 " off the fender so every time i step on the brake it would make this ruffing sound (like the fender was scrapping the back of the tire). It seems that the passenger side was moved back. i checked under the car by the driver side and i saw that the bushing was ripped and the teeth were shown (looks like a saw). I don't know if the whole toe bar xtend from wheel to wheel and i don't know whether i should replace the toe to move the passenger side tire back to its original place. Can somebody help me with this problem.

 

take a picture.

 

sorry for the lag but i finally figured out how to post the pictures
here they are so if anybody could help me i'll will be very grateful thanks






and there they are

 

Well you need a new steering rack boot, but that wont affect your alignment. Can you take a pic of how you said the tire was moved?

 

the tire is alright it was just the alignment. can you give me some pointers how to change the rack boot. or any site to go to get info. thanks you

 

remove the outer tierod end from the knuckle (by taking the castle nut off and pushing the balljoint up) if you use the boots that are for the civic you will to remove the tierod end from the rack and will have to get an allignment but if you need one anyway.....but if not use a boot for a vw rabbit it wil slide over the tierod end and can be ziptied on. and won't effect your allignment.

 

do i need to solder it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tanndaman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do i need to solder it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

i think he might have been reading my signature...no please do not try to solder anything down there you will only fail miserably.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tanndaman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> the passenger side was about an 1/2 " off the fender so every time i step on the brake it would make this ruffing sound (like the fender was scrapping the back of the tire). It seems that the passenger side was moved back.</TD></TR></TABLE>

take a picture of the WHEEL. like take 10 steps away from the car and take a picture of the fender.

the steering rack boot is not related to your problem of the wheel. (but will lead to a loose steering feel and bumps if not already).

 

yes, take more pics. also, has the car been into any accidents? maybe the frame is tweaked...worst case scenario tho.