i need help i have a 91 civic whith a broken crossmember i dont know to much about the crossmember just hoping the cars not wrecked

 

it looks like you've started 3 threads with the same question...overkill.

you can clean it up and reinforce it with some metal and some welds. do you know if the frame is bent? you'll probably want to take it to a body shop and they can tell you if it's worth saving (it probably is)

 

The pic is not that great. Here is a pic so maybe you could describe where its bent using this photograph.

How did it happen?
Have you tried to get the car alligned?



Here is a pic of someone who had to reinforce theirs

 

If your talking about that little dent, i would not care.

 

the wheel thats on that side where the dent is the alignment is mest up

 

i dont know i bought the car like that, i thought it was a bad strut thats why my alignment was mest up then i go under my car and find this

 

Wait is that the rear engine cross member or the rear suspenion cross member?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EL Vap133 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wait is that the rear engine cross member or the rear suspenion cross member? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Exactly.

So which is it so we can help?

 

it is the suspension, its a front wheel drive car

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spens 91 Ef &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it is the suspension, its a front wheel drive car</TD></TR></TABLE>


really?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spens 91 Ef &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it is the suspension, its a front wheel drive car</TD></TR></TABLE>

Really? Are you sure?

There are two rear cross members in the EF/ED. One is in the engine compartment towards the rear where your steering components go and the other is in the actual rear of the car where your rear lower control arms go.


Modified by EL Vap133 at 12:30 PM 10/8/2008

 

its the only bar i see back there it connects to the control arms, and is bent on the left side

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spens 91 Ef &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its the only bar i see back there it connects to the control arms, and is bent on the left side</TD></TR></TABLE>

Is it in the engine compartment or the rear of the car where your rear tires are at?

 

Looks like the rear of the vehicle to me where the rear LCA bolts up. If you have a hard hit to the wheel it can cause that LCA to push up into the rear subframe there and cause the damage he is describing. Sometimes you can just align for it but it isn't a huge deal for a body shop to pull the frame straight again. Just make sure if you have it straightened to have them weld some reinforcements into it so you don't have it moving again.

 

im thinking about pulling it out my self then finding a welder and welding a support or just a peice of metal over it, anybody have some ideas how i can pull it out.

 

Nobody knows what you are talking about. You need to provide better pics or a better description. Exactly what is wrong with the alignment?

 

What the hell, did you take that picture in the depths of the Pacific Ocean? Christ, I can't see ****.

 

i was under my car with my phone about 3 inches from the bar so it was hard to take a good picture, theres somebody who posted pictures on here it looks like the first one and the dent is on the left side

 

<FONT SIZE="5"> IS IT THE FRONT OF THE CAR WHERE THE MOTOR IS? OR THE BACK OF THE CAR WHERE THE HATCH/TRUNK IS?</FONT>

 

<U>HE MEANS THE REAR OF THE CAR PEOPLE, FOR PETES SAKE!</U>

The confusion being that he used "rear crossmember"

Should have said "rear suspension brace"

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spens 91 Ef &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was under my car with my phone about 3 inches from the bar so it was hard to take a good picture, theres somebody who posted pictures on here it looks like the first one and the dent is on the left side</TD></TR></TABLE>

You need to be more clear, and people need better reading comprehension.

Take it to a body shop and have it straightened, then weld on some plates to keep it from deforming again, or if you can do that yourself, it will save a lot of money, but the car is far from unuseable.

You can fix it.

 

[QUOTE=gringo7718]The pic is not that great. Here is a pic so maybe you could describe where its bent using this photograph.

How did it happen?
Have you tried to get the car alligned?



Here is a pic of someone who had to reinforce theirs
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Well anyway the pictures ^^^^ are not subframe reinforcements. They are Progress's rear swaybar brackets that utilize that location instead of the oem location. (first pic is my car)

You should try getting a ASR subframe brace and make it fit. I believe MarlonT (SIRmarlon on jdmu) has done so and would probably help but i believe its pricey and doesnt exactly bolt on i think.
http://www.jdmuniverse.com/for...s.jpg



Modified by ozrednsx at 9:25 AM 10/9/2008

 

i was looking in my owners manual about my car it said crossmember so sorry

 

i didint do it i dont know how it happened i bout the car like this

 

here are some new pictures