Civic X (10th Gen) Steering Issues

[H1Tman]

For simple mechanical rattling from normal wear and tear, there is actually a very simple fix. You just need to tighten the rack guide by 1/8 turn (40 degrees to be specific) and your steering is good as new. Don't listen to the P80K replacement offered by the casa or the P5k "overhaul with engineering plastic bushing" BS offered by roadside hacks.

There is a rack guide adjustment service and a special tool (PN: 07AAA-TL2A100) from Honda that makes this in-situ service possible and quick - less than an hour if the mechanic knows what he's doing. There is no need to bring down the subframe or align wheels after. Only the bottom cover needs to be partially bent down to perform the procedure.

This "rack guide" (by Honda's lingo), "yoke", "preload", "slipper", "half-moon" (in local lingo) adjustment is present in all rack and pinion steering systems - hydraulic or EPS. So this applies to non-honda vehicles as well.

If your unit is relatively new, by all means claim the entire EPS assembly under warranty. If not, this simple rack guide adjustment should buy you some time before a replacement. You can probably get away with one or two adjustments before the clearances become too big to be mitigated by the adjustment. Greasing the rack guide port and the rack itself also helps. Use tacky (NLGI grade 1 or 2) lithium or calcium-based grease as normal mineral grease would degrade the rubber o-rings and plastic bushings/gears in the EPS unit.

So this is the P5K EPS fix being offered to me in Banawe last Saturday. May naririnig kasi kaming alog sa may front tire.

[dr. d]

So this is the P5K EPS fix being offered to me in Banawe last Saturday. May naririnig kasi kaming alog sa may front tire.

so what happened to the car, po?

if the steering system was designed by the manufacturer, to be tightened as a matter of wear and tear, but the info wasn't leaked down to the mechanics...
heh heh.

many years ago, my kia compressor was failing, and i was told that it had to be replaced...
fast forward some years.
i was in the auto supply and i happened to bump into a mechanic who said he used to work for kia.
"we had on stock, compressor repair kits, back then..."

[H1Tman]

so what happened to the car, po?

if the steering system was designed by the manufacturer, to be tightened as a matter of wear and tear, but the info wasn't leaked down to the mechanics...
heh heh.

many years ago, my kia compressor was failing, and i was told that it had to be replaced...
fast forward some years.
i was in the auto supply and i happened to bump into a mechanic who said he used to work for kia.
"we had on stock, compressor repair kits, back then..."

Actually doc narinig lang namin ung rattle after test drive. I went to Banawe for brake service (cleaning) due to brake squeal. Hindi ko muna pinagalaw yung EPS dahil napaisip ako ng sinabing 5K.