ok So I have a 98 Integra Gsr with stock suspension. My rear tires wear TERRIBLY on the insides for the past 3 years I've owned my car. Recently, I went in for an alignment and they told me my rear can't align due to broken parts or something possibly being bent and wern't at all specific. Anyways I was wondering what is involved in the alignment of the wheels? Is it just the LCA and UCA that affects alignment? I guess what I'm trying to get at is what parts could be possible for causing my problem? Thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JasonST &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok So I have a 98 Integra Gsr with stock suspension. My rear tires wear TERRIBLY on the insides for the past 3 years I've owned my car. Recently, I went in for an alignment and they told me my rear can't align due to broken parts or something possibly being bent and wern't at all specific. Anyways I was wondering what is involved in the alignment of the wheels? Is it just the LCA and UCA that affects alignment? I guess what I'm trying to get at is what parts could be possible for causing my problem? Thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

The rear of the G3 Integra has toe links, bolted to slotted holes on the chassis. You loosen the bolts, slide the position, and re-tighten, to change rear toe.

Unless something is seriously wrong back there (bent or broken), there is no reason they should be unable to put the rear toe into alignment. If thats really the case, time to find the bent parts and replace them.

You hit a curb hard or something?

 

Thanks Tunernoob for the help. No, the weird thing is I bought it that way and it's always had this problem, just decided it's time to fix it as new rear tires every 8 months is getting kinda spendy. I thought it might have something like that, but when I looked underneath the car I didn't see any bolts for sliding and adjusting. You know where the adjusting bolts are located? Thanks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JasonST &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks Tunernoob for the help. No, the weird thing is I bought it that way and it's always had this problem, just decided it's time to fix it as new rear tires every 8 months is getting kinda spendy. I thought it might have something like that, but when I looked underneath the car I didn't see any bolts for sliding and adjusting. You know where the adjusting bolts are located? Thanks.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Follow the trailing arms forward, past the large bushing in the middle. The "toe control link" (wish I knew the correct name, compensator arm maybe?) attaches to the front end and the chassis. The chassis attachment is where the toe is adjusted from. As the link itself covers the slot, its hard to see with everything still attached.

The arm itself should be part #14 in this picture.

 

Again, thanks for the help. I'll try looking for it tomorrow when it's light out again.

 

Assuming it's the same setup as an EG and EK chassis, this may shed some light on your problem: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1619903

In a nutshell, the adjustment bolt that passes through the compensator arm tends to get corroded to the sliding adjustment nut inside the body. If it's only stuck, I would start hitting it with Liquid Wrench now and often, maybe it will free up.

 

Try taking it to another shop. I spent $110 bucks at a Miata specialized shop for an alignment, and they told me they couldn't get my rear passenger straight; told me that it may have been 'hit' in that area. I took it to another shop, they got it straight in 20 minutes.