Loud bang = handling issue?
Gonna do my best on this.
1995 civic CX hatch
I was driving trough a parking lot last week and heard a loud bang against the passenger floor board. It sounded like someone hit the bottom with a hammer. So I jacked the car up and checked everything out and everything is in tact and tight. However, while driving down the road if I jerk the wheel the front rocks and sways bad and the steering wheel will jerk back and forth if I let it go. I go under the car again thinking the front sway bar broke but I don't see one on the car. Do these cars not have front sway bars?
Thanks.
1995 civic CX hatch
I was driving trough a parking lot last week and heard a loud bang against the passenger floor board. It sounded like someone hit the bottom with a hammer. So I jacked the car up and checked everything out and everything is in tact and tight. However, while driving down the road if I jerk the wheel the front rocks and sways bad and the steering wheel will jerk back and forth if I let it go. I go under the car again thinking the front sway bar broke but I don't see one on the car. Do these cars not have front sway bars?
Thanks.
The CX is the complete base model. It doesn't have sway bars. You're on the right track assuming something's shot with your suspension, though. You said it was on the passenger side? I'd start with a bounce test, then start looking over all of your suspension components on that side.
I have the same issue on my 95 cx, I found the steering rack is loose internally. At first I thought it was the inner tie rods because when you shake the front wheels back and forth with some force there is play felt on the inner side of the tie rods. But once I removed the dust boot covers and went to replace the inner tie rods I found the rack was loose internally. Probably whatever bushings/bearings Honda uses to hold it inside have failed. Why don't you check there.
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