I took my car to shop for alignment. After 1.5 hour wait they said they can't do it because most of my parts are seized.

They said they put some lubricant and warmed it up so it just moved little bit and they also told me to come next week again.

Today when I tried to get my alignment done they said again they couldn't set it up.

So I guess I need new bushings and stuff.

What would you guys recommend me to buy ? I daily and track my car. I was thinking about getting powerflex but I don't know who carry them.

 

Frozen adjustments don't necessarily mean bushings are bad. Likely you need the compliance bushing, and related hardware, nuts, bolts, etc. But I bet most of the others might just need new bolts. Not all new bushings.

Get under the car, mark each adjustment where it is now, then try and loosen and adjust each one. If it moves, put it back to where it was marked, and move to next adjustment. Once you know which ones are really frozen, you can figure out what you need to buy.

 

It's impossible to say what you need without taking a look at the car, but I'm sure there are some quality oem or aftermarket bushings that will meet your needs. PM me if you need aftermarket control arms or other performance parts let me know.

 

Honda bushings (from a dealership) are your best bet. I don't think polyurethane is a good idea for lower control arms or compliance bushings, personally.

But you may not need bushings. Installing them properly is a bit of a daunting task. So...make sure you need them. A previous poster suggested marking and trying to turn them first...and then looking into new hardware I think that's a great suggestion.

However...if you need hardware, then you need bushings. If the eccentric bolt is not turning, it is probably siezed to the bushing sleeve.

 

I think we are steering this guy in the completely wrong direction and avoiding his real concern here.

You need to take this car to a professional. (obviously a different group that attempted your alignment)

If those frozen bolts break off inside the body then you have much bigger problems than which bushings you should choose. They will need to be cut out and best case scenario new bushings will need to be pressed in.

 

Plus it could easily be a frozen outer tie rod. you need to find out exactly what parts are frozen

 

What alignment adjustments have fasteners that can break off inside the body?

If they are really frozen, they may require sawzall to remove bolt fused to inner sleeve of bushing, you remove nut but bolt can't be removed. Bolt turns, but turns inner sleeve along with it. No amount of hammering bolt or applying heat will free it. Have to cut it out.

 

Well I guess just the subframes could pose a potential problem if they needed shifting... I was thinking more Civic/Integra which is obviously not the case. Although the rear concentric bolts in the subframe would probably be equally a pain in the ass.

 

they said i have to change all the bolts. So my idea was changing bushings too and i wouldn't have any future problems.