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Old Sep 21, 2004
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So 2 nights 9/19 ago I notice both front tires and point very slightly in toward the middle, didn't think too much of it at first but I called a shop and told them the problem they said shouldn't be a huge deal since tires are already bald. They said to just bring it in today 9/21 to get it fixed. Well it didn't make it. Driving home from school, something snapped and didn't allow me to turn, I didn't have any control over my driver side wheel. I've heard anything from a tie rod to an axle. Could having lowered my car have anything to do with this problem? I'm gettin pretty fed up with all the issues with this car and if the shop tells me its not caused by the aftermarket parts on the car, honda is getting this one thrown back at them. Anybody have ideas? Only asking because shop doesn't know if it can get to it today and I'm supposed to call honda back.
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figured it out

The problem was due to whoever the a$$hole was that did my alignment. He failed to properly tighten the tie rod, so after the 4 weeks of driving it just slipped off.
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Originally Posted by PCaly2112
The problem was due to whoever the a$$hole was that did my alignment. He failed to properly tighten the tie rod, so after the 4 weeks of driving it just slipped off.

Sounds like a negligence law suit to me....
Make them pay for the damages to the car and the repairs.
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Yeah, no damage was really caused b/c i was only going like 2 mph. payment for installation of suspension and alignment was refunded, not going back to that shop. kind've helped cuz they found out that the koni adjustable inserts on my car are the wrong size, which the same shop that f*cked up installed, but didn't know they were the wrong size. one hell of a week for the car. However everything has been sorted out, the correct size of inserts are being swappped for the ones i have on the civic now. All i have to pay in that is $15 for shipping. Hopefully no other things are found wrong with the car when they take the suspension apart and put proper sized inserts in.... the way my luck has been lately something else is going to be messedup
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