ok i really need help with this one.my sister has a 99 honda civic hatch.One day we were going to a store to get her stereo fixed,and we had to take a u-turn and her steering went out.So we had played around with it , but it didnt come back,we did that before and it started working. So we opened the cover (the cover were you can take off the steering wheel)and there was a big bolt(my sister has a acura steering wheel),so wen tightened it,hoping it would fix the problem.It did.So i was wondering what can we do to make sure that this doesnt happen again.As you may notice it is very unsafe to be driving if your car keeps losing steering.please help!

 

Lock-Tite .

 

is there anything that we could buy to prevent it from ever happening again? we're lazy,eventually we will get tired of tightening it.HELP!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Archidictus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Lock-Tite .</TD></TR></TABLE> Try that or just tighten it more.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IwishIhadAcar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is there anything that we could buy to prevent it from ever happening again? we're lazy,eventually we will get tired of tightening it.HELP!</TD></TR></TABLE> I would suggest torqueing it to spec, which is 36lbs/ft. The Honda manual also says to replace this... Go to your dealer and get a new nut...

 

thanks,well try those suggestions

 

i used to have a chevy blazer and mine would do that too, ******* scary. get that fixed asap!!!!

 

how much would a new nut cost from a dealership?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IwishIhadAcar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how much would a new nut cost from a dealership?</TD></TR></TABLE>

$485.00 dollars. Dont quote me on that. Give your local Honda shop a call man.

Put on some lock-tite like Archidictus said and you are set.