Honda Civic/Acura Integra

since 1994 of release

Repair and car operation

Poddomkrachivaniye and towage

For a poddomkrachivaniye it is necessary to park the car on an equal horizontal surface, whenever possible with a firm covering. In the presence of the slightest bias it is necessary to take care of precautionary measures against kickback: prop up located on a diagonal from a subject to removal a wheel protivootkatny boots), firmly cock the parking brake, include a reverse gear (RKPP), or transfer the selector lever to the situation "R" (AT). Try not to depart far from the poddomkrachenny car, especially if nearby there are children.

At a car poddomkrachivaniye for the purpose of its fixing in the lifted situation at performance of more serious, than replacement of a wheel, repair work the head of a hydraulic jack should be got under a forward stretcher or a case of differential of a back axis. For the purpose of loading distribution between a head of a jack and a surface of a domkratny point it is meaningful to lay the wooden block. Props are got under regular lobbies and back lateral domkratny points.

Towage

Strictly speaking, the emergency vehicle equipped with a full drive (AWD), automatic transmission (AT) and VTD should be towed with a full separation of wheels from the earth on a wrecker platform.

Towage of all-wheel drive (AWD) of models with a separation from the earth of only forward or back wheels can lead to that the car owing to rotation of interaxal differential will make an involuntary turn, besides, at such towage load of differential that is fraught with premature wear of internal components of the last considerably raises!

As it was already told above, it is best of all to carry out transportation of the failed 4WD-car with a full separation of wheels from the earth. At car installation on a platform of the wrecker it is necessary to include the first transfer (models with RKPP) / or to transfer the selector lever to the situation "R" (models with AT) to cock the parking brake and it is reliable to fix safety chains. Watch, that chains were not tense too strongly as it will lead to excessive compression of elements of a suspension bracket and is fraught with destruction of the last when jolting during movement. Schemes of a raskrepleniye of the car on a platform and admissible corners of extension of safety chains are presented on illustrations.

Car transportation with the failed transmission should be made only with a full separation of wheels from the earth on a wrecker platform!

It is in urgent cases allowed to make towage of an emergency vehicle without a separation from the earth of all four wheels.

Make sure that the towing car is heavier towed.

Use at towage only towing sling specially intended for this purpose which can be got cheaply practically in any shop of automobile accessories. The sling should cling only to eyes specially intended for this purpose which at all should not be confused to safety brackets.

Do not make towage of emergency vehicles by a backing.

Do not forget to turn a key in the lock of ignition of the towed car in the situation ON, otherwise inevitably there will be a blocking of a steering column. Besides, at the included ignition indexes of turns and stoplights are activated also.
Remember that at the switched-off engine efficiency of braking of the car considerably decreases because the vacuum amplifier of brakes ceases to function. Thus it is necessary to squeeze out a pedal of a foot brake with a little big, than usually effort. On the models equipped with the power steering, at maneuvering performance the bigger effort should be put also to a steering wheel.

The driver of a towed vehicle should try to hold constantly a towing sling in the tense situation in order to avoid breakthroughs and arrivals on it wheels.

Before a start of motion drivers of both vehicles (towing and towed) should coordinate among themselves a route.

Movement should be carried out only with moderate speeds, on the shortest route and observance of traffic regulations. Avoid sharp braking, accelerations and maneuvering.