Hi everyone, just wanted to let you guys know that I've gotten the rear clunking in my suspension fixed. I had to replace all the metal pillow ball bushings in the rear. Now the car drives fantastic!! I used to get a clunk just letting off the gas when I was driving, and going over rough roads, I thought something would break back there. I have to thank Ivan for doing the repair for me!!

 

isn't there a better and cheaper alternative than the Mazda bushings?

 

Not if you like your FD as a daily driver....

 

Cool! This is #1 on my to do list. Do you have a cost on just the OEM parts to do this?

 

So there are 10 metal bushings in the rear that needed to be replaced. The bushings cost 50 bux each. I only needed 6 of them since I already have the M2 toe links and trailing arms so that's why I didn't need 4 of the bushings.

 

Someone gave this site a while back that had FEED pillow bushing mounts:

http://www.pac-gate.co.jp/feed/fd3s-fe.html

 

i thot the oem bushing arent build to last? and it's more for comfort (less noise) than durability!?! is that true?


How come the FEED type has a total of 18 bushing? is that including for the front?

 

Anyone know how much the FEED ones cost in US dollars?

 

About $1k.

 

The Unobtanium kit and I assume the FEED kit also do not replace the clunky pillow *****. They are already sperical bearings, so you can't really improve upon the stockers from a performance perspective. It would be great if someone made some that last forever, but I doubt it can be done or they wouldn't be worth the price. Wearing out over time is just the nature of the beast for sperical bearings and rod ends.

You can replace the toe links with some aftermarket units to fix clunking, but the replacements wear faster than the stockers. They do offer some performance advantage, though, as the stock toe links have spherical bearings suspended in rubber (which does have a purpose, and isn't as silly as it sounds).

I've got a how-to page on replacing the pillow ***** (including the part #) with hand tools:
http://www.maxcooper.com/rx7/how-to/...lls/index.html

-Max