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Does anyone have a comprehensive list of parts and/or part numbers for the wear items that should be replaced on the front and rear suspension? I'm referring to items like stabilizer bushings, tie rod boots, and bearings. I'd like to compile a single list of all items required to completely redo the suspension. I'm not interesting in the spring, strut, or shock at this time, just the smaller items like bushings and bearings. Oh yeah, I also meant to include the steering, considered lumped in with the front suspension.

I've included some images to get the process rolling..

Steering (Manual, no P/S in my case)



Front Suspension



Rear Suspension

Crit

iTrader: (6)

You're asking for folks to put up a lot of legwork. I'd recommend going to blackdragonauto.com, rockauto.com, and autozone.com and compiling a list of replacement parts from different vendors. If you can get a Beck/Arnley, Duralast, and Black Dragon price for everything, you'll have a good idea of where to spend your money (who consistently has cheaper ball joints, bearings, tie rods, etc). As long as you're doing it, go ahead a post the list as you go and we'll let you know if you're missing anything.

Offhand, I'd say all your standard bushings (1 swaybar-body, 1 swaybar endlink set, 1 control arm, 2 strut rod per side. You'll also need the strut top thrust bearing, ball joint, inner and outer tie rods, idler arm and/or bushings, and pitman arm. You then have an inner and outer wheel bearing, wheel seals, and even caliper seals if you want to do them while you're at it. That's all per-side for the front.

At the rear, you've got 8 end link outer bushings (maybe 4 inner ones, depending on the design), lower shock bushings, two upper shock bushings - all for each side of the rear. Throw in a full set of bushings for the watts linkage, and you're there. Then go back and look at your 3rd member bearings, oil seals, and crush sleeve, axle bearings, oil seals.

That's off the top of my head. Again, I'd recommend you just get organized, list it all, shop around a little, and invite you to post your progress here for future reference.

Rx-7Doctor

iTrader: (13)

Here is the link to suppliers from the archive thread.

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-archive-71/good-bad-ugly-performance-parts-suppliers-480076/