*ATTENTION* Permanent Clunk Fix - FOOLPROOF!!!
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RyanJayG said:interesting... now, I'm gonna drill and tap my stock bushings. and insert a grease zerk. I think this might actually help
That's actually a damn good idea. Make sure you also put a hole in the bushing so there is a channel for the grease to go into.
When I had the Energy Suspension Greasable Bushings, they also had channels in the bushings to help retain the grease. As long as I greased them regularly, there was no clunk or creak. I guess a lot of people are leary, but this is something that works pretty damn well.
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Yeah....But maintenance is a pain if you don't 'grease" them regularly..
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Originally posted by StuttersC
Yeah....But maintenance is a pain if you don't 'grease" them regularly..
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quoate:
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"the downfall of owning a performance vehicle"
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Performance vehicles that require this kind of work, are full of aftermarket, high quality parts, designed to require maintenence on cars that would blow this one away...
...this is a case of a stock car, with poor parts, and poor design (in this particular part of the car), and not a performance car requirement. if i wanted a car that I had to grease up every couple weeks, I'd have bought a track car, but then I wouldn't be able to drive to work. (shrug)
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Originally posted by StuttersC
Yeah....But maintenance is a pain if you don't 'grease" them regularly..
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quoate:
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"the downfall of owning a performance vehicle"
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Performance vehicles that require this kind of work, are full of aftermarket, high quality parts, designed to require maintenence on cars that would blow this one away...
...this is a case of a stock car, with poor parts, and poor design (in this particular part of the car), and not a performance car requirement. if i wanted a car that I had to grease up every couple weeks, I'd have bought a track car, but then I wouldn't be able to drive to work. (shrug)
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scott42 said:
Exactly my point...
scott...well techincally the parts aren't stock they are aftermarket parts put on my Mazda. I have to agree it is bad design. You could always take the bar off and that would solve the problem all together or you could just make the car a all out track car and add more noise.
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Hmm, since the car is fairly noisy as it is, maybe making it noisier would help stop worry about the squeaks from the back end...
I like it.
I like it.
BlueMP5Dave
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Energy suspension sells these also, I purchased a set for my AWR 21.5 swaybar. You can buy these at your local Autozone. here are the ones I bought.
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I still have them if anyone wants them. These are already modified to fit a Protege. The interdiameter of the bushing is 7/8 for the AWR bar though. I never used them because they were for my ES which I sold right before I got to put these on.
Hope these work to fix the clunk that would be great (no more clunk threads)
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I still have them if anyone wants them. These are already modified to fit a Protege. The interdiameter of the bushing is 7/8 for the AWR bar though. I never used them because they were for my ES which I sold right before I got to put these on.
Hope these work to fix the clunk that would be great (no more clunk threads)
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BlueMP5Dave said:Energy suspension sells these also, I purchased a set for my AWR 21.5 swaybar. You can buy these at your local Autozone. here are the ones I bought.
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I still have them if anyone wants them. These are already modified to fit a Protege. The interdiameter of the bushing is 7/8 for the AWR bar though. I never used them because they were for my ES which I sold right before I got to put these on.
Hope these work to fix the clunk that would be great (no more clunk threads)
BlueMP5Dave,
Those bushings won't work for the Racing Beat MP3 bar. The right model number is 9-5157. The ones you posted are the excatly the same as what I posted in the first post, just a different color and slightly off a couple of millimeters. See first post for more info.
BlueMP5Dave
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I will quote myself that I purchased these for my AWR 21.5 Swaybar to keep it from making the same noise as the MP3. I had the same issue with my AWR bar as you do with your MP3 big bar. Yes they are 7/8 and not 13/16 I was mearly referencing off of what you said. I am sorry for any confusion (cool).
Now back to the topic.
Now back to the topic.
ARunto, I see your point as well, but when I buy a car from a dealership, brand new; its a stock car. Nothing is aftermarket when coming from the factory, no matter what brand. If it was truely aftermarket, and designed for the car, it would actually be Racing Beats original design, and we wouldnt be in this mess. We would have a TRUE aftermarket, quality design, and not a cost cut POS that we have now. If you remove the swaybar, I may as well have bought an ES and saved myself 5k; and I don't need a track car to get to the office
Let's Cross our fingers for 'Micaspeed!' to develop a quality replacement system for a decent price.
Let's Cross our fingers for 'Micaspeed!' to develop a quality replacement system for a decent price.
Scott...I understand where your coming from. IMO I find that this is a performance vehicle and that somethings are "the nature of the vehicle". It's fair to say that the MP3/MSP have there fair share of concerns. I think I'd rather have a track car to drive to work. Who says it isn't fun to pass your boss's car on the way to work...well at least it's fun for me since my boss drives a Z06 vette. LOL! Well back to the topic...how's the clunk fix?
LOL! Well back to the topic...how's the clunk fix?ARunto, we're both agreeing to the same thing through different thoughts If it was done right the first time, it would almost BE a track car and still not have the clunk. The problem has never been the noise for me, its the breakdown of the rubber in the bushing which leads to less effective "flattening" by the swaybar...its a performance thing more than a noise thing. If I knew that even with the noise, it was still working 100%, I'd have no problem with it...but just the fact that the noise is being made says that the suspension is far from 100% effective.
If it was done right the first time, it would almost BE a track car and still not have the clunk. The problem has never been the noise for me, its the breakdown of the rubber in the bushing which leads to less effective "flattening" by the swaybar...its a performance thing more than a noise thing. If I knew that even with the noise, it was still working 100%, I'd have no problem with it...but just the fact that the noise is being made says that the suspension is far from 100% effective. 
