Went down the dealership today to get the wheels aligned and they couldnt complete the Job because:

*Rear camber adjusters seized (how do I free them up?)
*Tie-Rod/tie-rod ends seized solid (any suggestions?)

The rears are perfectly parralel but almost a degree to the left
Any1 had issues with this before? or has a good idea how to unseize the bits??

Really need some help on this, need to put it back on the road, it virtually doesnt pull but It'll still slowly scrub tires


Modified by OTT at 1:38 PM 3/15/2004

 

OTT: still having fuN gettin her back on the road??

good to know its only down to alighment now so you can drive!

If the stuff is seized get some "Release All" or PB Rust releaser ... some sort of metal saturating rust release agent and go to work on the bolts.

I would assume they can't free it up because of rust.

I know your innovative so if need be remove the part from the car and work on it on a bench, maybe heat it up with a torch to try and get it to twist off ... but spray and douse that releaser on there heavy.

I had problems with my fogs and ended up drilling out the holds .. if you go this route be very carful about the threads because theres a good chance you will wreck em ..

my 2cents.. g'luck.

ps - honda's lazy with rusted stuff, they wouldnt take out my lock bolt and i still dont have a proper 4ws alignment ... they charged me 4ws price too !!

 

Yup more problems!

Honda service sucks when it comes to this kind of thing. They said they its stuck because of rust but the only rust on my lude is on the zorst system; What pissed me off even more was the fat kid that worked there and put greasy prints all over each arch! He was tellig me how they measured the camber in mm's

With the stuck bits though the garage I was using was flooded for a month or so when i wasnt working on it cause the central heating's cold water feed had a leak. I ended up draining the system and fabricating a pipe to replace the bad section, it doesnt leak now! so 15+buckets of water mopped up later..

Maybe all the moist damn air and 1" deep water on floor caused these bits to ceaseup.
I think Im gonna go out and buy a 6pack of penetrating spray like you say best idea, just soak them every day until they free-up/fall off

I got charged 1hr book time , $50 instead of full £65 4ws alignment.

Hey you got yours sorted yet?

 

When in doubt, use an impact gun......and LOTS of PB Blaster!

 

theres no PB here but same type of stuff.
Havet got my own set of air tools, havent seen the need yet, maybe one day lol