so i just replaced the front lower control arms on my 88 crx and now when i accelerate the car like shakes/vibrates violently but stops when i eather push the clutch in or let off the gas.. wth could this be? iv triple checked to make sure that everything was tight

 

Its your axels, check and make sure it is intalled correctly. When you pulled your lca did you support the knuckle or just let it hang down? I bet that sucka popped out or is now damaged. I had this same problem on my wifes accord last week after installing a new uca, and tie rod end (and didn't suppport the knuckle :/ ).

 

i let it hang.. i thought it was the axle, which was bad anyways, and i replaced that and its still doing the same thing.. i just loosend the inner control arm bolts and supported the car and jacked the spindles up and tighten then again. it also vibrates if i turn it to the right while driving

 

Did you tighten the axle nut to specs? Could be the wheel bearings, they will cause the same thing to happen, especially if they are not torqued properly.

 

yea axle nuts are good... if it was the wheel bearing then how come it didnt do it till after i swapped the control arms?

 

did you bolt up the crossmember bars back to the control arms?

 

sure did.. foun out the guy that had the car previously used a DA one so i had to get another civic one.. though on the passenger side i couldnt get the radius rod holes to line up with the tapped holes on the control arm with it mounted to the frame.. so i undid that bolt n dropped it back down to put the radius bolts in and i played hell getting the control arm back in the frame mount

 

theres gotta be something your missing when your virtually inspecting this. put the front up in the air and try wiggling the knuckles and control arms to see if theres any play on them.

 

so i took it to my friends shop today and rolled it on the rack to get an on ground perspective.. the axle i just replaced is straight, no bends or anything.. driver side axle is all kinds of bent. like if u take the end knuckle and tilt it as far is it will go thats how both ends are.. so im thinking the rotation is whacked out.. changing it in the morning

 

well let us know if that fixes it.

 

didnt fix the problem... i noticed that the driver caster is wayyy off.. the wheel doesnt sit in the middle of where it should so thats whats puttin it in a bind.. im in the process of fixing but cant get the radius arm nut off..

 

got everything swapped out.. even re-put the control arm on and its even worse.. i know its the axle on the driver side.. the one on the passenger side is perfect. the shaft is in the center of both housings.. on the driver side the shaft is at the top of the tranny side housing and the bottom of the wheel side housing.. i cant seem to fix this freakin problem

 

so the caster bar got busted then?

 

everything checks out.. the caster is where it should be now and the axle still looks like its in a bind. when i can get a ride im gona warranty out my axle n try putting another in.. it may be a bad axle from the company

 

let us know cause I have the same vibration problem.

 

got it fixed.. i swapped out the control arm that i bought for another.. but instead i put the old one back on.. smooth as butter

 

damn thats good that you finally got that figured out

 

So bad control arm bushing?

 

I'm having the EXACT same problem with my drivers side axle. Man, now I'm going to have to try this stuff.

 

me too, ive already replaced my driver axle and pass. tie rod i know my bushing is bad so im gonna try to replace my upper control arm and spindle and see what happens good thread.

 

well the only problem im having now is when i try to make a right turn it does it but its not as bad.. its still drivable. in my honest opinion instead of buying new control arms and running into the same problem i did with the length.. just get a set of energy suspension polyurethane bushings n put em in.. that way the length is still the same and ul have the durability of the urethane.. i think thats what im going to end up doing.. find a old set of control arms and just go that route

 

guess ill be checkin out the scrap yrd or some jap auto place thx