so heres the deal i just bought a accord off this guy and he has replaced all the steering componets (ball joints upper control arms outter tie rods inner tie rods...ect) i took it to get a alignment and they told me he stripped a camber bolt so i replaced it so i can get an alignment...heres the problem i brought it back he yet again he tells me he cant do the alignment the inner tie rods are "maxed" out...to get new ones.......for one what does maxed out mean???? and 2 if these are brand new why do i need new ones cant they be adjusted or something...does maxed out mean they are junk???pleaaaase help before i spend more money fixing this shyt thank you

 

1) You can't adjust the camber?

2) Take it to another shop that's not full of morons? (ie get a second opinion)

 

thats why i dont know what i was suppost to do it is smoking my tires since this place tells me since they are maxed out they cant do nothing for me that i need to buy new tie rods what would new tie rods do for adjusting they are the same length right

 

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I don't know much in the terms of aligning a car myself, but I was under the impression that the caster and the toe could be corrected using a couple of bolts.

Ask for a computerized print out of the alignment machine he's using and see how far the car is out of spec.

The tie rods control the toe of the car if I recall, I can't imagine they're completely maxed out however.

I'd take it to a 2nd shop like I suggested to see what they say.

 

ok thank you for your help ill try a diffrent place tommorrow and alingment specialty shop and see what they say if they do it for me im going back to the other place to get some loot because he just drives the car in and within 5 mins he is back out and says there is another problem im getting fusterated now that my new tires are getting so worn down

 

Tires worn down = toe is off most likely

 

yeah he told me toe was wayyyyyyy off but he couldnt adjust it since the tie rods were maxed out...thats why i dont know what that means i always thought you could adjust them they are new so i dont understand what i am replacing them for

 

Yeah I'd take it to another shop or to Honda if you can and have them check it out.

 

the only way for your tie rods to be maxed out would be if the car has been seriously wrecked or had major damage to the front end. even then i don't see how u could max out both of them, usually it is just one side. but if that is what he is saying then their has to be something majorly bent or damaged under that car and he should be able to point that out before u replace all of these random parts. i mean even if u baought new tie rods they aren'tt gonna be any different then the ones u got so why can't they just adjust yours.

 

but what would be so damgaged under the car to have them both maxed out its all new parts under the car...i dont understand like muffinman said im going somewhere else today and get a second opion


update: i just brought the car to a repair shop and they told me that the outter tie rods are the wrong ones for that car so they need to be replaced...would that cause the problem of the inner tie rods bieng maxed out


Modified by hondaaccord9781 at 7:41 AM 8/5/2008

 

Maybe the guy who sold it had a bad accident and fixed the car up to sell it.