toe link installation help!!!
 

Hey guys.
I could shake rear wheel tires from side to side. Top to bottom was secure. I heard that the problem can be fixed by replacing toe-links, so I got it today from Rx-7 Store.

http://66.216.67.51/subcatmfgprod.asp?0=219&1=351&2=-1

Should I bring them to a local shop? or do it myself?
if it is easy, then I can do it.
any body has done this job before?
anything can help.
thank you all~~~.

It's one of the easiest jobs that you will ever do on your car.

Jack up the rear end. Put a jack stand under the differential so that there is nothing supporting the rear tires or axles. Remove the rear tires. There are two bolts holding each toe link in place. Undo the bolts, replace the link & replace the bolts. Thats it!!

Edit: Try to adjust the new links to the same length as the old links before you install them. You may need to get an alignment.

what does this help? will it stop wheelhop?

New toe links and trailing arms will help with wheel hop but it won't get rid of it. My experience anyway. You will notice a difference though!

NOTE:The length of your stock toe links may be different for each side. Make sure you measure the toe links for each side separately (ie driver side with driver side).

An alignment check is a good idea.

replacing rear bushings intelligently is knowing the probabilities.... there are 9 (i think that's right) bushings on each rear corner of your car. only a few generally fail. that's primarily because many bushings do less work than others. for example the bushings on the upper A-arm don't hold the weight of the car, they merely trace the track of the geometry. if your wheel is moveable front to rear, which is most likely, you should replace the front bushing on the lower longitudinal link. you can use the oem rubber bushing or have one made out of some sort of nylon w a steel insert. i use a good guy in wisconsin. you send him the link, he will custom fit a new bushing and install it and send it back to you for $35 shipped i believe. that is a key bushing as it absorbs most of the torque both positive (engine) and negative (braking). that's why it wears out first. the other bushing is really a spherical bearing or as mazda calls it a "pillow ball" bushing. it is in the lower latitudinal link and bolts to the other end of the link which absorbs engine and braking forces. you can just remove this link, buy the mazda part, around $45, and have someone press it in. (there is a snap ring). the replacement of those two bushings should solve your wheel movement problem. as to your toe links..... both toe link bushings are spherical (pillow ball). generally there is modest force on them and as a result they are lower on the replacement list. i, previously, had made a number of posts arguing that this link should be replaced w a spherical rod end link not realizing that they are spherical... my apologies.
my bottom line advice is change out the front bushing on the lower longitudinal link first and the companion pillowball that connects to it at the rearward end.
IMO, the switch to nylon will help wheelhop.

nylon bushing link is http://www.suspensioncontrol.com

howard coleman

Awesome Howard.

great post howard,...how is the car coming along?

hi damian,
the snow's a meltin... i am picking up my new motor from Judge Ito in n j next week and should be running shortly. i plan to be at the Rotary Revolution w the car. my newest discovery (at least discovery for me) is the Exedy Hyper Single clutch... i did a month's worth of r&d on clutches. i just received it and max cooper bought one after i shared my findings. there may be one left in the country... after that it is 90 days. it holds 600 ft lbs of torque... my engine builder said my engine would overpower an ACT XT pressure plate w an organic disc so i did have to go w a solid disc but the Hyper conveys a certain help as to driveability ...
i look forward to seeing your new car. (BTW, 'bot the exedy package, which retails anywhere from 1400 to 1000 for 887 shipped from More Power/Neil... mention my name as they advertise it at 987.
howard

ooops, sorry to waste the space. i meant the prior post to be a PM.. duh me