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Hey I was just wondering with you that have the Hayame's, how did you get the tie rod bar to fit all the way securely? when i had put mine in the tie rod hoel on the hayame strut it wouldnt go all the way down at all. I coudnt get the tie rod bolt far enough through there to be able to screw it on and lock it down with the nut. Anyone else have this problem or does it lock down when you screw it in?


Secondly since i couldnt get it to fit in, i took a drill to that hole and started drilling and trying to remove the tapering that is in there. Is that a bad idea to do that? I couldnt make the hole perfectly round so it's kinda oblonged. Is that going to be an issue with my steering and stuff that the hole isn't perfectly round? Will that mess up the tie rod?

anyone have those issues with their hayames when installing the fronts with the tie rod bar? did you do any modifications to it? And if you did what did you do to it? If you didn't than by making any modifcations, will that damage it? I'm hoping i did n't mess them up

-Eric

 
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I had this issue with the NEW ones. But this gets even more interesting because my new ones had carved on them "03 CIV" or something... so it's not a year issue, it's a bad design.

Drilling it is fine because the hole doesn't have to be that large and you don't need to drill it all the way through. If you raise your tie rod boot and examine the screw, you'll see what I mean.

Still, you shouldn't have to drill.

 
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02 and 04 Civics are having problem so far for this tie-rod

Even if they replaced the coilover, that means I have to shell out another install fee and wait another 2 weeks before I can get scheduled on the shop again

We need confirmation on this problem, ASAP.

 
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It's already confirmed. You see, it will fit through the hole but not enough at the bottom to expose the hole for the cotter pin after putting the nut on. Thus you have to drill the sucker. It is a design flaw.

 
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I'm already convinced.

 
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Regarding Part Numbers: HAY10.71.17 & HAY10.71.04

The new version of Hayame coilovers for 01-up Civic and 02-up RSX received a slight design improvement, which may lead to some confusion during installation.

In order to improve the alignment and positioning of the tie-rod in relation to the coilover, we redesigned the coilover arm to accept the tie-rod on the under side rather than the top of the arm. In other words, the tie-rod should be rotated 180 degrees, and inserted through the bottom of the coilover arm. Installed this way, the taper will properly accept the tie-rod and there is no need to enlarge the hole.

We will be posting more complete installation instructions along with photographs and/or illustrations on our website (hayameperformance.com) in the near future.

We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. For any questions concerning this matter, please find our contact information at hayameperformance.com