It seems as though everytime i go to a tireshop to get my wheels aligned, my caster becomes more positive. It started from 1degree, and now its over 2degrees.

What causes this? And am i sacrificing significant amount of performance in respect to handling with my caster being so off?

 

The one thing i can think of:

Old bushings that allow your LCA's to move out of 'spec' allignment.

Or some form of old damage increasing itself, but thats just my guess.

 

Dirk is probably right, your bushings are wearing, or your suspension has been damaged, and it's still shifting. Not uncommon at all.

 

So, is there a way to manually adjust caster on our Honda's? I've always been told Caster is NOT adjustable with our cars.

 

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Yes, you are right, but with a tractionbar you can (with some brands) adjust caster again.

 

There are some expensive camber kits that also allow caster adjustment. More positive caster in small doses is usually a good thing though.

 

Whiteline offers a caster shim kit that allows roughly .25 degree adjusments. I just had it installed by removing the back half of the LCA and pressing out the old outside bolt to fit shims between the halves.