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I have been two weeks with out a car because my third gear syncro went and the input shaft bearing was acting up. I took it to my mechanic, who my family have been using for year, to replace the 5 speed tranny and clutch. He couldnt find a JDM tranny so he sent it out of house to get it rebuilt. I get the car back earlier today and the transmission is flawless. I pop the hood to check out what he had done and I notice a bunch of stuff that is not cool. He dented/scratched the hell out of my oil pan, the plastic clips holding my radiator/grill cover on are missing, and the bolts holding the intake assembly(stock) on are for the most part loose. My splash guard is barely being held on with only a couple of clips. I am seriously pissed at this point and seriously doubting my mechanic at this point. I jump in to take a test drive to check it out. My freaking right front strut is acting up now!!! I am pissed. Its doing the clicking thing that is common to the 01 civics. I dont quite understand why this is happening. I am taking my car back monday morning and I am going to complain my *** off until it gets fixed.

Do you have to mess with the struts when you pull out the subframe when removing the tranny? I was under the assumption that you do not. What would my mechanic have done to get this clicking to start??

 
Rep Power: 312

Sounds like he might not of indexed the strut assembly properly. Theres a certain way that the strut parts must be aligned(indexed). Read this thread:

https://www.civicforums.com/forums/4...like-pics.html

 
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it's easier to drop the complete front subframe with the struts still attached to the knuckles