Radius Rod Arm Questions

[Vinny]

OK heres the deal. As you can tell by the picture of "The Bastard Hatch" my front wheels aren't sitting centered up in the wheel well as far as front to back. I measured them out and it looks like I am about and inch further back than I'm suppose to be. The car had minor front end damage when I bought it and I had to have the lower radiator support straightened and I also had to replace the front cross member that the radius rods bolt through.

I talked to a buddy of mine here on town about it and he told me what he does is just adjust the radius rod arms to pull the wheels back to the center of the wheel well then aligns the car. SO does this sound right? I did notice that both radius rod arms on the hatch have ALOT less threads showing through the front of the nut as compared to the sedan. Anyone???????

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[Vinny]

Bumpity http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/1861Bump.gif
Come on SOMEONE has to have an idea here. Or am I getting too technical for ya??????

[k-roy]

Yea you got it Vin,
Those control the caster, you might want to just have a shop give you an alignment rather than DIY, unless you got those tools as well.
Hell I might even take it to a Honda dealer just for the piece of mind.

[Vinny]

Well like I said my main concern right now is how to get the wheels centered in the wheelwell. I picked up poly Radius rod arm bushings so I plan on putting them in this week. I'll probably get it close on my own when I change out the arms and do the bushings. This weekend I need to change my powersteering rack and tie-rod ends so I'll get it aligned after the racks done. 30 bucks here on base to do the alignment so its not tooo bad

[k-roy]

Sounds like youre goin all out on this car.
Where did you score the poly bushings at?

[Vinny]

Moog makes them. I got them CHEAP from a place called rock auto. Go look in Ben's wobble thread toward the end. I posted a link and the part number for the bushings

[k-roy]

Ahh yea I remember that thread. I was planing on using Moog anyways for the suspension parts from now on since I just found out they do Hondas. I love that brand.

[MrBen]

Moog is awesome!

[Vinny]

well the I just looked at my alignment sheet from last month. heres what I got

Left front
Caster
Actual..............0.84 degrees Before...............5.30 Degrees
Toe
Actual..............0.00 degrees Before...............0.09 Degrees

Right front
Caster
Actual..............0.73 degrees Before...............3.93 Degrees
Toe
Actual..............0.03 degrees Before...............0.13 Degrees

So tell me suspension gods did he dick up my setup or what????????

[Vinny]

Bumpity http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/1861Bump.gif

[k-roy]

Yea he fucked it up, you were pretty close to start with.
If i can remember correctly I had mine last set to camber at 0, caster @ 1 degree and the toe in @ 0 degrees.