where to buy 40mm wrench to adjust steering rack guide

[anzai]

hey guys just wondering if anyone knows where to get the special honda 40mm wrench from to adjust the rack guide?





im 80% sure this is the solution to my steering feeling very loose.

it is quite strange that no mechanics i've spoken to know anything about adjusting the rack guide.

the DIY is here: http://civic-eg.com/viewtopic.php?p=...3969eedaa99872

called honda and they think im talking nonsense

cheers

[dorikin]

Did you give them the part no.?

[anzai]

yep of course.

found it on http://www.hondapartsnow.com/genuine...6-SA50001.html

but they dont ship internationally

[Banana_hammock]

Check with your local honda dealer? They'd be able to ship the part for you but perhaps at an elevated $$$

[anzai]

..... read^^^^^

[AE092]

By chance did you call Honda Spare Parts and was directed to contact a Tools specialist in Moorabbin? lol



Highly likely I would've taken the call

[anzai]

nope, only called local dealer's parts department.

can you find out if you could get it?

[markismaximus]

this what you are looking for....? $22 for the part and $40 shipping to AUS

http://www.oemacuraparts.com/index.p...100&make=Honda

[anzai]

bump, does anyone have on that i could borrow for a couple of days? i'll pay for your trouble of course

[vinnY]

^ I had the same experience, called honda and they wanted $250+ for the stupid wrench after some back and forth

I ended up buying one from oemacuraparts though I've lent it out and now lost it

what have you done to try and fix up the loose steering? I did a bunch of stuff until I was happy with the result

[anzai]

man i still have no idea, thinking it could be ps pump or rack, possibly tie rods (even though visually no problem)

what else did you do?

oh and ive been trying to get it from oemacuraparts, knts are still not sending me any invoice......

[vinnY]

they've been pretty good, generally charge me about $25odd for shipping for a bunch of little items

first things first make sure both inner and outer tie rods are good(I had to replace mine, honestly didn't make that much difference even though the joints were knocking)
once those are changed, given you own a dc2, consider flipping the upper control arms to gain more castor(I had to buy upper control arms with both castor/camber adjustment since I had an ek) this made a moderate improvement in feel and response
check your bushings on the steering rack, usually they're okay but you never know, and I came across a kit cheap so I bought it anyway
I ended up doing a full bushing change all with hardrace items and new lower ball joints on the knuckle too which made a moderate difference
I went as far as tracking down some dc2r top hats to have the solid bushes in them to use with my shocks
I tried to adjust the rack guide but it didn't make a massive difference if any
smaller than stock steering wheel helps with feel too

last but most important, get a good alignment and make sure it's done properly. if you had a bad alignment steering will be light and vague
I gave my alignment guys specific alignment settings and got a print out to make sure they followed my settings

keep in mind though, from factory they have a tolerance of 10mm and the rack is pretty vague most of the time
the dc2 is something like 3.8 lock to lock whereas something like my evo is more like 2.2 lock to lock so the steering feels much more responsive with less input