my axles are hitting my forks. my front wheels are up toward the front of the car like there not inline. the motor is sitting correct. i have cheap *** ebay upper a arms. the thing is if i was to push the wheels back to where they belong the will be hitting worst. why im kinda holding off on getting a alignment. thinking of buying skunk2 a arms in hopes of it staighting it self out litt better

 

 

Ok... And??? You don't give a lot of background information. What did you change/ do that made this problem arise?

 

well i bought the car as a shell. it has had this probblem ever since i have had it. probblem is my wheels are to far forward. but when you go to push it back the axles will hit worst. i have hasport motor mounts. which leads me to think it cant be the motor out of wack.

 

Ive heard of that happening when you lower using EG struts and forks on efs and das. And it looks like the front struts are a lil bigger than the Ef struts. Thats one thing you may wanna check out.

 

It looks like the front forks are 92+ civic or integra. I had the same problem. An even bigger problem is you can't just swap the forks since the diameter is bigger on the 88-91 forks and struts. You either have to get new 88-91 struts or slightly grind the existing forks that you have (not recommended but ok for a temp fix)

 

no they are crx struts and forks. i bought the shocks new myself. i compared the upper a arms hoping they are 92 95 civic and nope.
the last thing i can think of is the motor is sitting wrong. but it looks fine.

 

Its really hard to tell by your pics, but those are not ef forks. the ef ones have way more "bow" forward. I however dont know how your struts fit. Dont think this is the cause of the wheel placement issue, almost seems like the bar that ties the lca to the front member is too short? Havent seen this before, sorry.

 

Follow the red bar to the front of the car, should go through a cross member of some sort. There should be a nut on the other end of it, try loosening it to see if you can get any slack in the lower control arm.

 

o/p you don't make sense to me... the wheels need to move to the back of the car more, which will move the axles away from the front of the fork towards the center of the fork, and will get rid of your rubbing... you're saying that in moving teh wheels towards teh back of the car the axles move forward and rub more?

 

Do you have an OEM radius rod you could swap on?

 

on my forks they read this rh rl and i bought my shocks new which are for 88 91 crx/civic
https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-crx-ef-civic-1988-1991-3/little-shock-fork-help-2605545/

i know my radius arms are off cause i havent took it to get inline yet. reason why im holding off cause even when i had my old traction bar on. it was the same way. if i push my wheel back my axle will hit worst.being how close it is already. i cant even get my pinky finger in there. i have the hl fork on the passenger side and hr on the driver side. thats correct right?

 

the r and l on your forks are for left and right. so if the hl is on the passenger side thats part of your problem.... Ok so i have an ef fork in my hand righ now, and you do not have ef forks. the l side has a huge bow back in the middle of the rear leg. which would make your problem worse. theres something really odd about your car.

 

That's what I was thinking.

Maybe see if there is a different strut fork that will make things work for you?

 

HL and HR are indeed the correct forks for the EF. "L" is driver side. and the bow points forwards.

unless you swapped them again after you took that pic, the first few pics they are actually in the correct position.

it sounds like your crossmember and radius rods are suspect since you mentioned some aftermarket issues.

and i cant fully tell but maybe your upper A arms are in the wrong position too. they should be biased to lean the knuckle backwards. THIS is your passenger side upper A arm.

 

I can't stand when people say "left side/ right side" for a vehicle and have no clue which side is actually which. The key is why would you consider what side is which when you are standing in front of the car? Is it because that is where the engine is located? What about on rear engine cars?

All vehicles are designated right and left by when you are sitting in it. You don't operate the car from the outside do you? I have seen it on the YouTube but most of them end up wrecking. When you operate the vehicle this is your basis for the "left/right" sides of the vehicle, no matter what "side" you are sitting on.

 

Tyson is right, the bow faces forward. I got all confused, Ive got some nice flu fever going on lol! maybe show us some pics without the wheel on, and we can double check that you have the right forks to start with, and have a look at the radious arms