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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 11:52 AM
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ok, from front to back the wheel only moves like 1" but its toward my door and then towards the bumper.... is that just the radius rod bushings or is somthin else wrong? it was doing this before so i replaced wheel bearings, struts (illuminas), upper control arms and it didint help at all, im also gettin wheel hop under accel. im about to do a poly kit but i dont know what comes in the kit for 91 accords, cant find an item list- any help would be great, thanks guys
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 11:58 AM
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Sounds like the radius arm nut backed out or something in there is missing.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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oh forgot to say car has 370,000 miles lol, if i have bushings in there
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 02:47 PM
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sweet 370,000 nice hows it running !!!

dude chek the lugs from the wheel are tight and axle bolt in case
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by PurpleAccord88
sweet 370,000 nice hows it running !!!

dude chek the lugs from the wheel are tight and axle bolt in case
lol, it definetly not lug nutz bro, didnt really notice it untill i took it to the track- really bad wheel hop. the tire is NOT moving left to right
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 08:53 AM
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ok so i checked the radius rod bushings and they r still i there nut still tight, whats the deal here im not a susp. guy, help plz!!
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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try crawling under there while someone else moves the wheel back and forth. look to see what is moving in a direction it shouldn't. i guess that's really the only help i can give without being able to look myself...
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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Stock suspension isn't really meant for the track. Your going to get wheel hop until you upgrade the suspension bushings or upgrade to a full race torsion bar setup. Now that being said. If you can physically move your wheel & hub assembly by hand 1" east to west. You are suffering from more than just wheel hop and sloppy bushings. You need to have your suspension checked out.

Like hondamark35 mentioned get under there are see what's moving. With 1" of travel it shouldn't be hard to spot the culprit.
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