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Old Jul 6, 2005
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Strut blown? Alignment & Balancing didn't help

My 2002 Civic EX sedan has been pulling to the right. It is very noticable. I have had my wheels balanced and a four wheel alignment but neither fixed the problem.
I'm thinking that the right front strut is blown (from the direction it pulls). If I need to replace the strut would it be 55mm or 50mm? Thanks
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My 2002 Civic EX sedan has been pulling to the right. It is very noticable. I have had my wheels balanced and a four wheel alignment but neither fixed the problem.
I'm thinking that the right front strut is blown (from the direction it pulls). If I need to replace the strut would it be 55mm or 50mm? Thanks
We can't tell you. You have to measure it. Honda changed the strut size randomly.
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Old Jul 7, 2005
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Originally Posted by robbclark1
We can't tell you. You have to measure it. Honda changed the strut size randomly.
Ok thanks. Do you know if a blown strut could be my problem?
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Same here. My front passenger side leaked at 35,6xx right before the warranty ended and Honda replaced it for me. Now at 69,xxx the same one started leaking. SUCKs that Honda only warranty the replace shock for 1year or 12000 miles. My car also a 02 ex sedan pulls to the right and the tire is bald on the inner side as if my car was lowered. I plan to buy the ebay set of shocks for $315(shipped).

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Well, my car is leased and it was brand new when I got it. It has 32,xxx miles do you know if they will replace the strut? My lease ends at the end of 2006 so I still have a little while left and I don't want to be driving around like this.
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They should! I took mine in and the tech drove it and all we did was turn and go over a speed bump and he pulled it back in to the garage and said that they would take care of free of charge. GOOD LUCK to ya!
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that could be the reason why, sounds logical, Honda should cover it!!!
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Rotate the front wheels and tires to the rear and test drive. Sometimes it can be a bad tire that wont be detected by balancing.
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If you have an alignment print out, post it up, or at least the numbers. There are a few of us that can understand some of that stuff. But like someone else said, it may be a bad tire.
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