Honda Accord

1. Park the car on the flat horizontal platform, whenever possible with a hard coating. Firmly cock the parking brake and check pressure of a rating of tires.
2. Press one of car corners down. At a corner otpuskaniye the body has to come back to a starting position, making no more than one-two fluctuations.
3. Rocking of a body with high degree of probability testifies to wear or weakening of the corresponding shock-absorber.
4. Repeat the procedure, serially passing to the remained car corners.
5. The car also establish to Poddomkratta it on props.

6. Attentively examine shock-absorbers on existence of signs of leak of liquid. Existence of a thin oil film should not cause concerns. Without fail make sure that a source of leak is the shock-absorber, in case of need make replacement of shock-absorbers in a set (forward and back).

7. Check reliability of fastening of shock-absorbers on the support. In case of detection of defects replace shock-absorbers (also in a set).
8. The description of the procedure of replacement of shock-absorbers is provided in the Section Replacement of the Shock-absorber or Screw Spring of Rack-mount Assembly.

2. Clear the lower surface of a rotary fist of dirt traces, ask the assistant to grasp bottom edge of a wheel and to pull it in the cross direction. Try to estimate visually a side play in spherical support of connection of a fist with a suspension bracket control lever. In the presence of a side play the worn-out hinge is subject to replacement.

3. Grasp forward and back edges of a wheel, then press on a first line and pull for back. In case of identification of a side play in joints of components of the steering drive check a condition of the pendular lever and tips of steering drafts. Pass to other board of the car and repeat the procedure, having pulled an opposite wheel.

4. More detailed information on a design of components of a suspension bracket is provided in the Head Podvesk and steering.

1. The corrugated rubber covers established since both ends of each of power shafts are designed to protect hinges of equal angular speeds (CV JOINTS) from the destructions connected with hit of dirt in them. Hit of oil and lubricant on a surface of covers can lead to their premature destruction. It is expedient to wash out covers solution of soap water from time to time. In view of a constant flexure at turns of wheels, covers of external CV JOINTS wear out quicker and have to be checked more often and more regularly.

2. Attentively check covers for existence of cuts, cracks and other damages, estimate reliability of fixing by their bandage tapes. In case of detection of defects, or traces of leak of lubricant the damaged cover is subject to replacement (see the Head Stsepleniye and power shafts).