I did a bunch of checking on the Energy Suspension bushings and found our that the black ones are made a little different and apparently will last longer then the red ones. Also, stay away from the ones that have a greese nipple.
It will be interesting to see how long yours last. Could you post when the squeek comes back and also when the bushings need replacing.
Irony is a b****. I just bought a AWR 22mm Rear Sway bar kit today, so the brand new bushings will probably have about 1 1/2 miles on them by the time they are taken off and replaced.
Mazda went through 5 sets of bushings trying to figure out how to prevent them from tearing apart. If polyurathane was the answer I'm sure they would have used them.
Because after 25 attempts, the dealer usually starts hassling you. Diamond Mazda wouldn't swap mine on the MP3 the very last time I tried (right before installing the Delsing kit). I never even bothered with the MSP (which was clunking when I bought it), I just installed the Delsing braackets.
03MzdSpdSTP said:
polyurathane won't wear out like soft rubber mazda uses. it should last the life if your car if you grease it every year.
It will last longer but isn't a permanent fix. The location of the mount is wrong, which causes the bushings to wear prematurely. The only permanent fix is to move the mount point out toward the wheels, as Racing Beat originally intended. When the new bracket kits are made, that will be the way to go.
Another option. I am real close to producing a rear sway bar bracket similar to the Delsing bracket, but better. I started a tread and would be interested in some feed back.
I don't know, it seems like the flex is supposed to come from the torsion of the swaybar itself, not the deformation of it's bushings. How would it scrape the bar?
I don't know, it seems like the flex is supposed to come from the torsion of the swaybar itself, not the deformation of it's bushings. How would it scrape the bar?
You would never be able to get a bearing on the bar. If the bar were a straight rod it would work, but it has flares and bends that you would never be able to get a bearing by.
You could put the bushing of all bushings in there and the thing will still clunk, clang, squeak, break, shatter, you name it. The only solution so far is to move the bushings from the stock location.
You could put the bushing of all bushings in there and the thing will still clunk, clang, squeak, break, shatter, you name it. The only solution so far is to move the bushings from the stock location.
