Yeah, I just gotta save up some money. I'm really trying not to spend any money, I just had to do this to keep from dying while driving. I plan on eventually replacing all the bushings, as soon as I can afford the time and money.



That's also why I'd like to take a crack at it myself, to save money. If I can find sockets or something that fits correctly, I have an impact wrench that should be able to force them in/out.

 

mine have been sitting in the box, along with my rear control arm and control link bushings for the past 6 months. i haven't had the time to take them out. some things are hard to do in one day when you rx-7 is your daily driver.



maybe i'll get time over the christmas break...

 

i dont know exactly how the car handles before them because i put the toe eliminators in before i got a chance to drive the car... but they arn't easy you need a press or what ever and a large vise... believe it or not i broke a table mounted vise trying to get those ****** things in

 

I'm getting them back from the machine shop this afternoon. I printed out the mazdatrix instructions, and gave it to them. Hopefully they didn't do it upside down or something stupid like that.



They're also turning my rear brake rotors, so that ought to be nice.

 

i gotta get mine done as well

vosko, rxchx7, and myself all bought them at the same time.

rxchx7 is doing his now though so we are using him as a guinea pig.

 

you guys are probably going to find some easy/cheap way of doing it, now that I'm forking over the cash

 

I am SOOOOO glad I've already installed these and gotten it outta the damn way.

 

Mine all done, back from the shop. I just need to put it all back on the car, but busy planning/prep for b-day party.



The only thing the shop was unclear on was how far in to put the center steel insert. He made the lip flush with the end of the bushing (thinner portion protruding), and it looked good to me. I guess I'll find out for sure when I go to install everything.

 

Everything went together (mostly) without problem. Instead of my rearend feeling like it's made of jello, it now feels solid .



The one problem: After getting everything back together, the right rear hub spun by hand easily, whereas the left one was difficult to spin, and very tight feeling. The only change to the brakes was that I had the rotors turned smooth. I decided to put the wheels on and drive it anyway. While driving, I didn't notice anything unusual.



Pulls to the left when cruising (I need an alignment+tires), and pulls slightly to the right when braking, but it's done that before the bushing change (probably need all new pads, and front rotors turned).

 

Doing the same on my 7. Did you replace the small black plastic washers in top hub during the install? Mazda calls them "stopper bushings" Part # FB01-26-335. Broke mine and wondered if they do anything.