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Old 08-25-13, 05:06 PM
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Weird Noise in Back........

First I have Tein Basic Coilovers that are 10,000 miles old along with a new set of racing bushings. now I have some popping noise either in the suspension or pillow bar bushings in the rear of my FD. What i found out is some mixed messages about what the noise could be.

So the first thing I did was replace my upper pillow bar mounts and the popping noise kind of quieted down a bit but still there. So I searched and someone said that if you can move your wheel back and forth while jacked up a bit, then your pillow bar bushings are bad. Well my wheels do not move like that. So I hate to replace the bushings again but can someone give me some advice on what the next thing I could do or check? Thanks
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There are 3 pillowballs on each side in the rear. Did you replace them all?
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I replaced all bushing around 10000 miles ago with superpro bushing kit.....
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Originally Posted by golson
I replaced all bushing around 10000 miles ago with superpro bushing kit.....
The SuperPro kit does not contain replacement pillowball bushings. Those alone are around $400 from Mazda (where as the entire SuperPro kit is around $500).

Pillow Ball Replacement
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Originally Posted by Mahjik
The SuperPro kit does not contain replacement pillowball bushings. Those alone are around $400 from Mazda (where as the entire SuperPro kit is around $500).

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This is the bushing kit I got
SuperPro Polyurethane Performance Suspension Bushings for Mazda RX-7 FD3S 1992-2002
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As Mahjic stated, pillowballs are available OEM from Mazda. The superpro kit does not replace these. These are what we are referring to:



Locations are both right in bottom control arm, and left most in upper arm. Did you replace these as well?




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I think your right. These are not in the kit and I personally did not replace them just had the kit. So does someone have a cheap store to buy these?
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You can order these from my website www.j-auto.net or I can process your order personally.
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