Radius Rod connects to....

[aRaKNiD]

Ok, on one end you've got the lower contol arm, the other end of the radius rod connects to...a part of the chasis. Now, question is, that chasis part looks removable...as in it's not actually part of the frame (I'm hoping). Anyway...my problem, the ex borrowed my car and obviously had a hard time seeing a concrete curb that was low enough to miss the bumper but high enough to hit right where the front of the radius rods connect. Now the car just isn't right at all. Is that section indeed removable/replaceable? Impact was more on the passenger side as this piece was bent more on that side, and I estimate impact around 10mph. Perhaps this might have bent the radius rod? Apparently this also did something to my AT as it has a slight leak now. The feel of the steering is absolutely horrible now. I know I need new axles/cv joints, that was a problem before...any ideas on what I'm getting myself into now?

[deevergote]

It connects to the front crossmember, and yes, it is removable. The alignment is probably off, and the frame MAY be damaged, depending on how hard things were hit. The transmission shouldn't be leaking due to the impact unless it was hit.

[T3aM 83rD]

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[F22HB]

my problem, the ex borrowed my car

you said it best yourself

[92_EX_Ninja]

i just replaced my front crossmember like a week ago, whoever had my car before me fucked it all up. its not too hard to replace, unbolt the radius rods, 4 bolts to undo the croddmember, there was like a piece of my ac or somethin bolted to it and we couldnt get the bolts undone so we cut it, then un bolt your torque mount from the top, pull down the crossmemeber, unbolt the mount and put it on the new one, slide it all in place, line it up and bolt it in, i used a breaker bar to tighten it since i didnt have a torque wrench. my new cross member cost me 13 bucks at pull and save and included the radius rods. if you need anymore help let me know

[barrabas]

Ok, on one end you've got the lower contol arm, the other end of the radius rod connects to...a part of the chasis. Now, question is, that chasis part looks removable...as in it's not actually part of the frame (I'm hoping). Anyway...my problem, the ex borrowed my car and obviously had a hard time seeing a concrete curb that was low enough to miss the bumper but high enough to hit right where the front of the radius rods connect. Now the car just isn't right at all. Is that section indeed removable/replaceable? Impact was more on the passenger side as this piece was bent more on that side, and I estimate impact around 10mph. Perhaps this might have bent the radius rod? Apparently this also did something to my AT as it has a slight leak now. The feel of the steering is absolutely horrible now. I know I need new axles/cv joints, that was a problem before...any ideas on what I'm getting myself into now?

Something similar happened to me july last year. Wet road, left curb, little faster than i supposed to... BAM, hit a Lincoln navigator.
But not before I hit some curb side on with my right wheel.

My only problem was the lower arm support that was a little bit bent, placing the wheel close to the mudflap.

I replace the lower arm control and the axle, re align the wheels and everything get back on the place.

Check carefully the lower arm to see if it's not bent.
a little bit make A LOT of difference. 1/4 of an inch will take to feel a big difference on the alignment. And it's really easy to fix.

Good Luck !

[aRaKNiD]

It connects to the front crossmember, and yes, it is removable. The alignment is probably off, and the frame MAY be damaged, depending on how hard things were hit. The transmission shouldn't be leaking due to the impact unless it was hit.

Whatever you call where the crossmember mounts to, you can tell a difference between the driver and passenger sides, also, I've noticed that my hood has to be slammed now to latch, used to, I could kinda just "drop" it and it would latch, now when I do that, the passenger side doesn't wanna go down all the way. The crossmember did indeed get pushed back into the tranny as you can see from the photos which must have caused the seal to leak. Now...my question is, can anyone tell from the photos and my discription of what's going on...do you think the frame is warped?

[accord91lx]

there is a very real possibilities that there is some serious frame damage... it sounds as if the entire front end has been affected by the fact that you now have to slam the hood, and it still doesn't align correctly. good luck.

[aRaKNiD]

Assuming there is a problem with the frame...I suppose it's junk? You'd think a frame would hold up to more than a 10mph impact...

[GreenMadness]

It does, when the 10mph impact isn't on the cross member...... 1 of 2 bars aligning the driver side to the passenger side.

Not only that, but load flows to the stiffist location, so she just instantly stopped ~1.5 tons of car going 10 mph. in which all the force went to the left side... its bent for sure i can tell by the bolt

[aRaKNiD]

So...my car is pretty much junk?

[barrabas]

So...my car is pretty much junk?

It's really sad to see it happening. Even more sad, be the owner of the CB.

I don't know much about frame work but my father is a body shop retired.
I am going to explaim him the situation and show him your pics and see if can be placed in the machine (or even if it's worth doing it). I will come back with some answers soon ok !

[aRaKNiD]

This keeps getting better and better. Last night I learned my rear-window defrost no longer comes on when you press the button. Heh...gotta love the electrical ones. Guess I start at the fuses and work my way through.

[aRaKNiD]

The frame is indeed bent...but one thing about it, gotta love these Hondas because even with it bent and the car out of alignment, I just drove it 800 miles from Monroe, LA back home to Morristown, TN and still got 25+mpg! Passenger front tire didn't wear too bad either.

[aRaKNiD]

I was actually looking the car over again and noticed that on the driver side, if I hold my hand out flat and in a vertical position it fits between the fender well and the rear of the tire. Now on the passenger side where the impace took place, my hand won't fit behind the tire. Now...could just the frame being bent cause this or is there more under there screwed? I've popped the wheel and examined everything...seems fine. Perhaps where the cross member was pushed back into the tranny, it's pushed it back as well causing the axle to be placed further back? Guess if she can't be fixed I'll drive her till the wheels fall off!