My bushings shot again
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Get some energy suspension greasable bushings and fabricate them to fit. It's a lot easier to take a grease gun to them once a month and relube them rather than keep replacing them or the dealer saying they have another wonderful replacement part. I don't know what Mazda was thinking when they designed the sway bar hardware. The made inferior grade end links with plastic pivots on the ends and put bushings on the sway bars that are way too small to absorb the creaking.
freekwonder
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I guess I am just lucky. Ihad mine replaced three or four months ago and it hasnt come back yet. I have some squeaks, but only when its cold (we are getting in the low 20's in MO) but no clunk. KNOCK ON WOOD (freekwonder knocks had on his own head)
I think the replacement part, 156-D don't do the job because our sway bar is already used. I remove the bushings the other day and there'e no more powder coating under the bushings. This cause the bushings to be loose again and make noise.
I installed a small piece of rubber hose between the bushing and the sway bar. Now I don't have any clunk or noise even when it's cold..... and in Quebec, it realy cold at this time of year!
Maybe the right solution is to get those 156-D with a new sway bar!
I installed a small piece of rubber hose between the bushing and the sway bar. Now I don't have any clunk or noise even when it's cold..... and in Quebec, it realy cold at this time of year!
Maybe the right solution is to get those 156-D with a new sway bar!
got new bushings today, jan 2nd 2003. The ones they took off ( 156D) were completely desintergrated (spelling?). They put it on the lift, and could move the rear sway bar all over the place. The bushings were on for 4 weeks. MAybe 5. The noise was back after the fourth day of them being on.
Lets see how long these last?
Lets see how long these last?
something has to be done about this - this is not right!!!!
Hello Mazda???? Someone send a link of this forum/thread to Mazda corporation!!! ---- I say recall!! all new MAZDASPEEDS for everyone!!!!!
LOL - yeah right, in our dreams right? I actually have been ok for about 3 months so far
Hello Mazda???? Someone send a link of this forum/thread to Mazda corporation!!! ---- I say recall!! all new MAZDASPEEDS for everyone!!!!!
LOL - yeah right, in our dreams right? I actually have been ok for about 3 months so far
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DooMer_MP3
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I'm setting up an appointment to get mine replaced once again 
. This really is getting out of hand. Yet I wonder why none of you post your story to my thread that I was planning on printing up with a cover letter and sending to a Mazda USA rep?
Chris
. This really is getting out of hand. Yet I wonder why none of you post your story to my thread that I was planning on printing up with a cover letter and sending to a Mazda USA rep?Chris
DooMer_MP3
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Are there any aftermarket rear swaybars we MP3ers can put on our rides? Somebody could make a killing off of us if they made it well and tested it and could assure us that there would be no more clunk.
Chris
Chris
DooMer_MP3
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saided18 said:
Lucky you
. No, the clunk starts out being pretty mild like you describe. But after awhile it happens on any little bump. I've even noticed it on tarlines on the road. The bushings basically disintegrate within a few months for some reason. Supposedly like others have mentioned, it eats all of the powder coat off of the swaybar as well. Handling is definitely impacted as well. The rear end feels loose around harder turns. Very lame 
.Chris
DooMer_MP3 said:
You could always try the AWR 21.5mm rear sway bar, but it will creak and clunk like something fierce too. I've got the AWR 19mm bar on my ES and it is pretty bad too. The only thing you can really do to fix the problem is get a nice set of aftermarket sway bar bushings that are greasable with a grease gun. After you replace the bushings, just keep greasing them every few weeks or it will keep creaking. Then ditch the cheap ass plastic sway bar end links. You will have to fabricate some nice end links with rod ends and threaded rod. I'm pretty sure this is related to the suspension geometry of the car and no matter what sway bar you use it is going to be noisy. As others have said before, high performance cars have tradeoffs and the creaks and clunks are one of them.
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DooMer_MP3 said:I'm setting up an appointment to get mine replaced once again
Chris
Ditto............. noone bothered to send me theirs for me to send to Mazda Canada too..
I just don't see the greasable ones working. Why, because the bushings actually become loose, wear completely and as a result, the sway bar moves around like nuts. I mean, when mine go, you can reach under the car, and move the bar with your hand. Now, is regreasing them going to fix that? No. Because their actually falling off the car when I go to get them replaced.
And again.... why should I spend more money to fix something that is obviously a design flaw, and is still under warranty?
And I'm sorry, but I know of no other car that does this. They way our suspension is designed it seems to put all of the stress on the bushings.
And again.... why should I spend more money to fix something that is obviously a design flaw, and is still under warranty?
And I'm sorry, but I know of no other car that does this. They way our suspension is designed it seems to put all of the stress on the bushings.
