I bought a 90 dx shell, and basically put the whole car together. Now that i have it running, It won't f*ckn go straight....

Problem: When I go backwards, car has a lot of negative camber (wheels look like this: / \ ), I mean camber like the car is slammed, but it's STOCK HEIGHT. Then when you go foward, the camber changes to possitive (wheels look like this: \ / ). Also the wheels point towards each other slightly.... I've beat myself up trying to figure out what the hell is wrong... frame is straight, all bolts tightened, nothing missing, nothing bent. I was told it might be the radius rods, and something weird, when i bought the car, the radius rod assembly was off, and i had to put it on, but they look good and don't have any play... WTF??? please help...

 

do you have the right parts?..how old are the bushings? can you take pics of it?

 

ok... here's pics:

Driving in reverse


Driving Foward

 

could be bushings...no or loose radius rods??? Check it out man!

Vince

 

checked all bushings... They look like every other honda bushing i've ever seen, and I played with the radius arms... they are tight/no play

 

changed upper control arms... no difference... tomorrow is radius arms/bushings...

 

the wheels are definately pointing in. That's part of what's causing the camber issues. I would get it aligned and see what happens.

 

they won't allign it because somethings wrong... only a specialist will mess with it and that's gonna cost big $$$ that's why i'm posting for you specialists

 

how does it drive/steer?


Modified by droppedcrxsi at 8:36 AM 9/23/2004

 

wow..thats crazy dood..is that factory stock suspension? did you swap any parts? i think its the tie rod bushings or way off settings..something must have some play for that to happen..

 

Three words "LOWER BALL JOINTS"

 

Wy don't you just align it yourself? Its as easy as 123456!!! I used some 12g wire and set the wheels where I thought they were straight and blah blab blah. You can do it if you really swapped that motor in there.

 

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Ha... you don't know how many times I've changed the alignment settings... it does the same thing with the alignment straight, wheels outward/away, or wheels inward/towards each other...