Please reply here ( it's about the sway bar clunking noise)

[martroy]

Just ot make sure, before going at my dealer, can anyone tell me which bushings we are talking about ? Is this the two bushings that are holding the Racing Beat sway bar at the left and right of the following picture ?

http://images.soliton.net/protege/tech/Rear Sway bar and exhaust piping.jpg

Thanks,

 

[freekwonder]

just dont let this happen to your sway bar bracket

dont know what happened, it happened a week after i got my bushing replaced.

 

[LB3.5MSP]

Almost every imperfection in the road produces a clunk in the rear end of the car, its really starting to drive me crazy, i hope the guys at Mazda come up with a solution to end this.

 

[Pastime-Gamer]

Almost every imperfection in the road produces a clunk in the rear end of the car, its really starting to drive me crazy, i hope the guys at Mazda come up with a solution to end this.

Sound like it's time for new bushings and endlinks.

 

[Mustang Matt]

Mazda won't fix it but AXR did:

http://www.autoxracing.com/content/view/2/10/

I've had mine installed since last May and it is 100% completely silent.

 

[ucMP3]

Mazda won't fix it but AXR did:

http://www.autoxracing.com/content/view/2/10/

I've had mine installed since last May and it is 100% completely silent.

Good endlinks and bushings still won't clunk like how he is describing.

Good endlinks + well greased urethane bushings and I get zero clunk.

 

[bmacster]

Mazda won't fix it but AXR did:

http://www.autoxracing.com/content/view/2/10/

I've had mine installed since last May and it is 100% completely silent.

Sadly, it is no longer made...

Stock endlinks and AWR swaybar bushings is the route I am going...

 

[LikeJIF]

You know I just bought my MP3 and noticed some clunking from the rear so I had the dealer look at it. They said it was the sway bar which the machanic almost put his eye out fixing (a friend of mine). Once back together it is a bit quiter but still alot quiter than my Subaru.