VtecEnthusiast

Please read my original post; https://acurazine.com/forums/1g-cl-problems-fixes-71/help-lowest-miles-99-cl-2-3-road-today-855608/

Since my last post I changed the front passenger wheel bearing and later in the day I heard the same continuous noise coming front the front wheels that caused my mechanic to believe that specific bearing was bad. Since then I have made a number of discoveries about the car thanks to your suggestions.

1. I looked more closely at the outer tie rods that we replaced and noticed that between the inner and outer tie rod on the pass. side there were a couple of in. of thread next to the nut in the middle whereas on the driver side in the same location theres no thread left at all. My mechanic said when we replaced the outer tie rods we marked their exact position which tells me the originals were out of place when I bought the car.




Thats what area im referring to and this is what the pass side actually looks like




2. this is how the ends of my steering rack look





3. I checked the dust shields behind the rotors and only the driver side was bent and even after bending it back in place I still hear brake parts,touching, grinding, swiveling as my front wheels turn whithout braking or even turning in any direction. I made no adjustments to the front brakes because I was told that even if they are sitting tight after this past week they should have self adjusted by now which they havent.



4. Today I took the car to get a front end diagnosis at the most trusted local bigo tire location to see what would keep me from getting an alignment done. They said my sway bar is bent and that my rack and pinion is not centered relating to the steering coupler. And most importantly they said my unibody may also bent.

The sway bar and most other big critical components behind the fronts wheels were not original when I bought the car and seem as if a previous front end collision caused everything to be reassembled with random salvaged scrap parts from others cars.

I bought this car from a private seller as-is with a clean title at full kbb value. I have spent almost another grand on it. I have no idea what to do anymore, im now afraid to even drive the car. My only plan is to take the car to a body shop first thing monday morning where I know the owner and can seek further advice on what to do with the car at this point before I take it around to more specialists on tuesday for more estimates on the steering and suspension work.

Now I ask you, my fellow cl owners, wtf do I do??
The car is at 101k now with a decent body and interior. Engine is fine and tranny is showing symptoms of our commen 2nd gear clutch pack problem. Shock/struts original never been changed much like everything else on the vehicle.

Please reply with any ideas at all on what steps I should take next before I spend another dollar. Thank you very much acurazine community I hope this wont have to be my last post.