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Originally Posted by FMEA
Dear Civinfo Members
For the benefit of those who use Civinfo but are not from an engineering/technical background, the rear wheel spindles and hub nut assembly is the main mechanism for holding the rear wheels on the Civic vehicle. As with all the Civic's suspension components, these are highly stressed safety components which must not fail in service. The spindles hold both a Honda "A Grade" safety critical part classification and a catastrophic failure mode for the vehicle if failure occurred in service.
A loose spindle and hub nut assembly can result in premature wheel bearing failure occurring on vehicle with the possibility of loss of steering control or wheel detachment due to the loss of wheel bearing pre-load [force].
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FMEA
I am not aware that the 8 gen Civic has rear wheel steer so perhaps at best this is a hotchpotch of different comments.
At worst it is slander.......