Is anyone else still running original bushings and pillow balls......
01-10-07, 09:20 PM
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Is anyone else still running original bushings and pillow *****......
.......with absolutely no clunks or creaks? My chassis has 112,000 miles on it and I've owned it since 27,000 miles. Back in 2000-2001 I probably made 200 passes at the drag strip, and I've roadraced maybe 10 times or so. It's a street car, and certainly isn't babied, hell, I daily drove it my first 3 years in the Army. Anyone else experiencing the same thing? I'm not complaining, but I have a set of pillow ***** waiting for install and I can't bring myself to mess with installing them right now. I wonder if it's a case of 'not knowing what I'm missing' by having fresh components.
01-10-07, 09:24 PM
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All original at 37k and it has a few clunks and such. It did have a few early snow experiences -salt is bad- not good in the powder - which could acount for the few bushings starting to need attention. Not bad but not fully tight.
01-10-07, 10:24 PM
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My car is at 73k, suspension still seems tight, but I recently have noticed a slight clunk in the rear, and when I took it apart and inspected them my pillowballs are sloppy as hell. Bushings seem ok, but planning on replacing to somehting stiffer anyway.
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01-10-07, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by FdRx728
I know this get asked a lot but where can I get new pillowballs??
It seems like I may have some kind of record thus far for non-clunking high mileage bushings/pillow *****
01-10-07, 11:19 PM
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mine need to be replaced. group project ! anyone in socal down ? ha ha . but seriously, how hard can it be ? i've heard that the car drives like new with new ones, but i'm sure its simply something to cope with until dealt with.
01-11-07, 02:32 AM
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I have just finished to change all mine and man what a difference.
Not a single noise and consider our roads are some of the worst you can find especially where I live. Also added benefit is that my car is now rock hard combine with my cerametalic clutch that now means only minor jurking and only in up going roads.
Man I love my care even more now without that jurking which was killing me. Do it and you will love your FD 3 times as much.
Not a single noise and consider our roads are some of the worst you can find especially where I live. Also added benefit is that my car is now rock hard combine with my cerametalic clutch that now means only minor jurking and only in up going roads.
Man I love my care even more now without that jurking which was killing me. Do it and you will love your FD 3 times as much.
01-11-07, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Ray Crowe, Malloy Mazda, 888 533 3400
It seems like I may have some kind of record thus far for non-clunking high mileage bushings/pillow *****
It seems like I may have some kind of record thus far for non-clunking high mileage bushings/pillow *****
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01-11-07, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Ray Crowe, Malloy Mazda, 888 533 3400
It seems like I may have some kind of record thus far for non-clunking high mileage bushings/pillow *****
It seems like I may have some kind of record thus far for non-clunking high mileage bushings/pillow *****
Energy and PowerFlex don't have them for FD
01-11-07, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by rash_rvg
Besides going to mazda and buy them there, is there any other Cheaper/better/whatever place i can buy them AND have them shiped to Europe? :P
Energy and PowerFlex don't have them for FD
Energy and PowerFlex don't have them for FD
01-11-07, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Not that I'm aware of, no. You can email Ray and Tracey at hmkparts@aol.com, I know that they *do* ship to europe, and he won't kill you on shipping charges. I may be shipping a customer's built and ported engine to Portugal, and he is getting me a pretty good price on that.
"shipping a customer's built and ported engine to Portugal "
there arent that many FDs here.... gotta go check who's "missing a engine"