Hey guys i have this slight pull(wander) to the left when driving my car and i was thinking that it could either be my tie rod(right passenger was replaced a couple of months ago) or a caster problem/camber problem. I have not done an alignment on my car for about 4 months and i cannot get my caster camber readings. i was wondering is caster is adjustable in a crx from the strut rod since it only tell you how to check for it in the manual. i will be checking tommorow on alldata.

 

No caster and camber are not adjustable with a stock suspension, only a toe set can be done.

 

...you can adjust caster. What do you think the torsion bar is for? Also after you adjust caster it will most likely throw off your tow. You can't adjust camber without doing a few rigging tricks on a stock setup though.

 

i picked up a skunk2 adjustable camber kit love it :-) def suggest it if ur gonna be way loooow

 

I'm pretty new to the ef chassis, and I definitly could be wrong but do you mean radius rod? A torsion bar is on trucks instead coild springs, never seen a torsion bar suspension on a car and I'm ASE certified in steering and suspension.

 

woot woot thanks

 

Ahh yes, I am pretty much strictly Chevy and Honda and all my trucks are IFS so I seemingly typed the wrong part... It is a radius rod because obviously it does not apply any twist the the LCA. Thanks for correcting me but...

Either way the OP got what I was saying and you were still wrong about not being able to adjust caster... Especially on a FWD vehicle. I highly doubt your are ASE anything but OK. plus for the begining 8 test to be considered a "master tech" they are all a joke. Practically all FWD setups have radius rods so you can adjust caster. If they don't it is because they most likely have a cradle with upper and lower A-arms. Then the caster is fixed and should "never" go out of wack... Same with your camber considering everything is stock.

Think about it.

 

Wow there big guy, You are obviously the **** rite? I just said I'm new to the efs and honestly have never aligned one before. I AM an ASE certified tech and I DO know my ****. A good amount of front wheel drive vehicles have NO caster adjustments, and realistically most newer vehicles do not have radius rods, some yes are adjustable by slotting the strut tower and aftermarket shim kits, but that is not considered a factory adjustment. Now the ef with a radius arm so it is and I was wrong I stated that I may be wrong considering I have never worked on a crx suspension before and didnt even know they had a radius rod many hondas don't. Now you say caster is "fixed" and should never go out, I align roughly 4-5 cars a day and if they are all fwd with no caster adjustment 2 of them are out of whack because sligtly bent parts and whatnot. Also if your cross caster is within spec your good, caster is not a tire wearing angle as long as the cross caster is good you'll be fine. Now you say ASE tests are a joke.....do you have passing results? I wasn't correcting you to be an ******* just merley pointing out that you probly meant radius rod and you decided to be an ******* about it. Obviously if you think alot of cars these days have radius rods...your wrong obvously if you think that is the only caster adjustment your wrong...if you think since they are fixed and have no adjustment that they don't go out your wrong and have never done alignments before... I am certified I'm guessing your probly not and your just being a dick. But wait you are some kind of honda genius rite? I know that they are certified guys that couldn't fix a car to save thier life....I however am not one of them.

 

Thank you for repeating what I said already. I did not say that they would never go out of alignment. Obviously **** happens but the way they designed them they should "never" go out of spec. You need to crack a book open and read about what it means when quotations are being used and dialogue is not present. I also never said what range of years for vehicles I was talking about. So again you are referencing new stuff and I refuse to own anything newer than a 2000 unless is a transfer model.

Also in your first post you didn't state that you didn't know, you stated that it could NOT be done... that changes a lot of things for a guy asking for help.

Well back in the day yes I was certified and worked right beside people like you described... I had all 15 of the certifications and yes the first 8 are a joke. For insance did you take the one where you have to build and blue print an engine in roughly an 8 hour test? I doubt it.

Let's stop comparing dick sizes... I win, I am the Internet tough guy who knows it all...

Right? (not rite... unless it is Diet Rite)

 

lol got me a new quote

anyways i will align my car in the next month or so i have been very busy and have had no time to use the alignment rack at school. hopefully i get my tires balanced by the next two weeks since they were a gift from a buddy i will report results.


i checked aldata and all it gave me were specs but if i recall my caster was off by a bit since the last time i did an alignment and i removed the rod to change my trans. i dint have time to do an alignment on my car.

hcjason i know that camber is not adjustable unless you have a camber kit and that is not really a concern since i am at stock height but i am worried about my old sagging springs but i doubt it will change the reading by alot.

 

After you corrected me about the car having radius rods I said I didn't know and that you were probly rite, just didnt appreciate you being somewhat of an *** to me for no reason(just clarifing the radius rod when you said torsion bar not trying to correct you I knew as well as the OP knew what you meant). I wasnt trying to be an ******* myself or "compare dick sizes", just saying I didn't care for you basicallly telling me I don't know anything about the theroy of suspension thats all. No I haven't taken a blueprinting test and not saying I know everything, just I saying I do have a decnent amount of knowledge along these lines. I know what you meant with the quotations but saying that "sould not" doesn't mean it won't and thats it's very common. I think we just misunderstood eachother in a way and bickered about it some haha.