[OZZYIRS]

What is the piece of half round plate welded onto the back of the bottom a-arm for?

 

[roadkill]

What is the piece of half round plate welded onto the back of the bottom a-arm for?

Simple answer for me is: I have no clue.
Perhaps Honda had originally designed it so that the brake line would be routed through it... and then never changed the a-arm design when they routed the brake line along the upper a-arm instead.

roadkill

 

[92K1500]

I haven't the slightest idea.

Maybe added rigidity to form a weak spot in a specific area?

 

[Red-N-BlackXX]

I thought it was a steering stop?

 

[92K1500]

No, the steering stops are on the stem.

 

[Red-N-BlackXX]

That's right where the back of the wheel could make contact with the a-arm.

 

[92K1500]

Yeah but it doesn't touch. I'd cut it off if the rim drug on it at full lock.

 

[CRAVEN7786]

Unless its so that if the stop on the stem somehow get messed up it also could act as one.

 

[traitor08]

I suppose nobody has ever bent a tie rod, if you have, you will be real close to it.

 

[92K1500]

I sleeved my tie rods so they wouldn't bend. So I bent my shock, lower A arm, rim and frame instead.

 

[Baxter]

The curvy bit on the a arm is kinda a safety thing. In normal surcumstances the front rim will never touch this parts unless :
A:You try a 450r stem
B:bend a tie rod (badly)or snap a tie rod ball joint.
Also it stops the front tyre hitting the rear of the front a-arm and peeling it of the rim.If you try both A & B.

 

[EEHonda]

It is a rim slider. Don't check that on urban dictionary, I am afraid what might come up.

 

[92K1500]

It is a rim slider. Don't check that on urban dictionary, I am afraid what might come up.

"rim slider isn't defined yet."

 

[tbird88]

I sleeved my tie rods so they wouldn't bend. So I bent my shock, lower A arm, rim and frame instead.

well, how fast was you going when you hit that tree? !!!!!!

 

[EEHonda]

"rim slider isn't defined yet."

:funny:

 

[92K1500]

well, how fast was you going when you hit that tree? !!!!!!

I believe mid 2nd with a 13t. Might have been low 3rd.

 

[M_Quick]

well, how fast was you going when you hit that tree? !!!!!!

I believe mid 2nd with a 13t. Might have been low 3rd.

So using my T9 Calculator, and your info above, I narrow this down to around 25 to 33 mph!