I was just informed all that clanking in the suspension is my rear steel bushings! I need to replace all of them. I think 6 or 8 of them. Any one do this themselves and was it hard? How much do you think parts cost and what would labor run at a shop?

thanks

 

Max Cooper's FD rear suspension pillowball replacement How to replace your rear pillowballs with simple hand tools.

Bushings available from any Mazda dealer or www.mazdatrix.com

 

Max's write up is great... best of all you dont need any special tools..

Tek

 

Steel bushings ALWAYS are loud as hell. I rode in Batman's FD when he had them, and while the car was stiff and seemed to handle well (had AO32's on it too) it was unbelievably loud. I definitely would NOT go that route unless my FD was purely track used.