Re: Which bushes to change?
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:35 pm
The best way is to get under there and have a look at which ones are most worn and replace those ones.
Overall though, on an MX5 it's really just the swaybars, control arms, and diff that have bushes.
I'd do the swaybar ones first, since they're easy and cheap.
Then i'd do the control arms, which are a bit more costly and very annoying (have a press handy, or a good vice and HEAPS of different sized sockets/pipes etc)
Diff bushes aren't worth bothering unless they're obviously stuffed, or you're in there anyway.
The issue with control arms is that you don't really want to do them partially (ie: replace lower arm bushes and leave the uppers)
if you want to do it in stages it's best to do each end (front arms, then rear, or vice versa)
Overall though, on an MX5 it's really just the swaybars, control arms, and diff that have bushes.
I'd do the swaybar ones first, since they're easy and cheap.
Then i'd do the control arms, which are a bit more costly and very annoying (have a press handy, or a good vice and HEAPS of different sized sockets/pipes etc)
Diff bushes aren't worth bothering unless they're obviously stuffed, or you're in there anyway.
The issue with control arms is that you don't really want to do them partially (ie: replace lower arm bushes and leave the uppers)
if you want to do it in stages it's best to do each end (front arms, then rear, or vice versa)