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88accordlxcarb
OK i did some tests:
The axle is not spinning. Well its spinning a little bit. Like its barely turning, which is bearely turning the wheel(like maybe an inch here or there turn). The axle seems like it wants to spin more freely coming out of the transmission, but down at the spindle its very jumpy.
I can spin the right wheel, but it is hard, and it feels like something is rubbing. SO what i did, in very detail, is map out all the parts from the CV joint to the spindle, and i found that there looks to be some type of metal spacer or something on the VERY end of the axle(right next to the spindle) that is not moving on the left side(good side), but on the right side, it is moving. It looks like maybe this metal ring thing is the bridge between moving and non-moving parts? Any clue what this is, how it attaches and what it does?
I had a bent spindle when i hit the curb. You could hardly tell it was bent(if you could tell), but it was throwing my camber off to .9, and that was causing some serious tire rub(and you could see that tire when jacked up compared to the other one, was really tilted). So i went to the junkyard and got one, but i got one off of an LX-I, i also got prelude arms(which work fine).
EDIT: I was looking in my repair manual, and i think the ring i am talking about is the outer ring. Is that supposed to be attached to the axle? On the right side, mine is off. What is the function of this ring, and stuff?
EDIT AGAIN: I looked even closer, and the outboard ring on the axle is still on thre, but there is another ring that looks EXACTLY like it, that is just loose and i can hold it in my hand, i think its called the knuckle ring. In the book it just says "Install Knuckle ring" does not list what you do. I notice on the other side of the car, this ring does not move, but when the spindle was on the right side, the knuckle ring did move. There also is a nice collection of very fine metal shavings right above the lower ball joint. And you can see on the outside of the knunckle where it is shinny where its been rubbing, but i cant tell how the knuckle ring sits in there or is rubbing.
Thanks
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