Rear sway bar...

[thrilhouse]

buy some urethane bushings from a vendor... i bought a set of SU and put some white litium grease.. enevr heard the squeek again..

The first sentenence of my question says that I just got some -- mail order. They are the 20mm AWR bushings.

Just want to know if, in order to install them, I have to jack the whole rear of the car up. I'm hoping its possible to install them with the full weight of the car on the rear suspension.

 

[fr0st]

The first sentenence of my question says that I just got some -- mail order. They are the 20mm AWR bushings.

Just want to know if, in order to install them, I have to jack the whole rear of the car up. I'm hoping its possible to install them with the full weight of the car on the rear suspension.

my post was directed to the first post in the thread..


for yours, i would say you don't have to jack the car, but it will make the installation hellovalot easier if you do.. takes about 20-30 minutes to do it..


the bushings are wrapped around the sway bar.. you unbolt the fastener that holds the bushing and it just falls off..real easy.. grease them more then enough all way around, then wipe off the excess when installtion is done.

 

[03.5msprotege]

SO, I did what everyone suggested and went ahead and lubed up the rear mounting points and that didn't fix the squeak. In fact, it's gotten worse. I'm thinking that I have a squeak related to the rear springs but I haven't jacked up the car to check that part out yet. Anyone else have that problem? What did you do to fix it?
thanks

 

[mhrebin]

do you still have the original bushings? if so, those might be worn out so when the collars are fully tightened, the bushing isnt tight all around the bar. it could be worn out or mushroomed still allowing the bar to move around and squeek.

brand new bushings would fix that.

 

[We Are Ninja]

SO, I did what everyone suggested and went ahead and lubed up the rear mounting points and that didn't fix the squeak. In fact, it's gotten worse. I'm thinking that I have a squeak related to the rear springs but I haven't jacked up the car to check that part out yet. Anyone else have that problem? What did you do to fix it?
thanks

I had the exact same problem. The rear end squeaked so bad I wanted to drive my car off a bridge. I bought a clunk fix bracket and it took care of it. From what I understand, Mazda chose to place the mounts/bushings much further in on the chassis than Racing Beat intended causing the bar to twist instead of bend like it's supposed to. The clunk bracket will relocate the mounts to the appropriate place allowing the bar to function as intended and get rid of the squeak/clunk completely.

I got one and the back end is silent Click me, mang.

 

[evolv]

I had the exact same problem. The rear end squeaked so bad I wanted to drive my car off a bridge. I bought a clunk fix bracket and it took care of it. From what I understand, Mazda chose to place the mounts/bushings much further in on the chassis than Racing Beat intended causing the bar to twist instead of bend like it's supposed to. The clunk bracket will relocate the mounts to the appropriate place allowing the bar to function as intended and get rid of the squeak/clunk completely.

I got one and the back end is silent Click me, mang.

All this is true and more.

To answer the question about "what grease to use on the stock bushings" the answer is NOTHING.

The stock bushings have a teflon liner in them that when combined with grease will wear away very quickly. Also, if your bushings squeak and you add grease you can expect to hear a clunking noise within a few 1000 km's.

Replacing the stock bushings is the cheapest short term solution for the annoying sqeak but you can anticipate that the noise will be back within 6,000 - 10,000 km's.

 

[thrilhouse]

I am about to replace my bushings with AWR ones. I was going to go buy the teflon plumbers tape. Does this mean that I shouldn't use the lubricant that came with the new bushings if I use teflon tape and if so which is better?

 

[Lunatik]

i have seen a bunch of squeaky noise problem thread because i recently had that noise and was killing me! but today after checking out the car for a while to see where it was coming from i noticed that my bumper was the one making all the noise..... i just tightened up the screws and noise is gone!...just a little info for some of you before you go and buy anything

 

[Lunatik]

i take that back the noise is back

 

[03.5msprotege]

I used a red chassis lube... I can't remember the name of it and the squeaking has been gone since my last post. Back in July, I used a green grease and it only worked for about a week. This red chassis lube it great. now, I have to wait for it to warm up and do the front sway bar.

 

[yashooa]

I had the exact same problem. The rear end squeaked so bad I wanted to drive my car off a bridge. I bought a clunk fix bracket and it took care of it. From what I understand, Mazda chose to place the mounts/bushings much further in on the chassis than Racing Beat intended causing the bar to twist instead of bend like it's supposed to. The clunk bracket will relocate the mounts to the appropriate place allowing the bar to function as intended and get rid of the squeak/clunk completely.

I got one and the back end is silent Click me, mang.

I am glad I bought my Delsing rear swaybar mount kit when I did.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

I am glad I bought my Delsing rear swaybar mount kit when I did.

Yes me too LOL. I'm glad I didn't put it on my P5, as I have an MSP now with the klunk and the squeak.

 

[junya1985]

I used some AC delco Brake lubricant that i had at my work and it lasted for over a year with no squeek on stock bushings with 80K on them