Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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when i try to make a turn, there is like a hard resistance and the steering wheel wants to go in the opposite direction and if i muscle it and keep turning, the tires start to chirp.. whats wrong?? and if i try to park and i creep in slowly into the parking stall, and i press on the clutch, sometimes the car would stop and when i gas it to move forward it sometimes makes a single thud sound.. what the hell is wrong?

sometimes this happens once in a blue mood and this is the second time it happened to me. after the first time, it went away and now it came back.

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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 01:35 PM
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sounds like a power steering problem.
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 01:57 PM
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alignment issue or frozen ball joints. possibly rack & pinion
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 12:05 AM
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another thing. i have a LSD b16 trans with 15w 50 mobil1 motor oil. does that help. should i put LSD additive or use another type of fluid?
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 12:12 AM
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when the tires chirp...does your vehcile "wobble" side to side? if so i belive your LSD is starting to go.

15-50 is not the correct fluid. Honda MTF is the way to go and i would add some form of LSD addidtive.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by waaBAAH
when the tires chirp...does your vehcile "wobble" side to side? if so i belive your LSD is starting to go.

15-50 is not the correct fluid. Honda MTF is the way to go and i would add some form of LSD addidtive.
not really wobble side to side but yeh the steering wheel wants to go in the opposite direction.

yeh the guy i got it from, he's a good mechanic and he told me put 15-50 mobil1 and i dunno, i always put honda MTF so yeh maybe im gonna put that today and see what happens thanks
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