Hello good folks of Prime!
Has anyone heard of our compliance pivots (51370-SL0-000, 51380-SL0-000) going bad and causing alignment issues? While driving straight ahead, by steering wheel is annoyingly about 10 degrees off to the left. The shop I went to said they kept setting the alignment, taking it for a test drive, and having it shift around. They isolated the trouble to the compliance pivots (see red marks on the pictures), and they need to be replaced. Before spend $2k on new parts, has anyone else heard of this problem? Is there a cheaper solution than a complete replacement of the pivots? Any way to refurb the pivots? Perhaps a set non-compliance clamps?
Some (perhaps) relevant info on my NSX:
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51370-SL0-000
Has anyone heard of our compliance pivots (51370-SL0-000, 51380-SL0-000) going bad and causing alignment issues? While driving straight ahead, by steering wheel is annoyingly about 10 degrees off to the left. The shop I went to said they kept setting the alignment, taking it for a test drive, and having it shift around. They isolated the trouble to the compliance pivots (see red marks on the pictures), and they need to be replaced. Before spend $2k on new parts, has anyone else heard of this problem? Is there a cheaper solution than a complete replacement of the pivots? Any way to refurb the pivots? Perhaps a set non-compliance clamps?
Some (perhaps) relevant info on my NSX:
- Car does not pull either direction when driving, and seems to handle ok still.
- 1992, 5sp
- 115,000 miles
- Lowered on Eibach springs
- Steering rack, inner & outer rod ends replaced by previous owner at 94,000mi in 2009. He says the old steering rack seemed to have excessive friction, so he ordered a new one. The new one had the same characteristics, making him believe the old rack was not actually an issue.
- This NSX has been in at least one front-end collision in the past.
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