fahrfegneugen

I was wondering what this metal like rattle sound was, which is coming from the front end whenever I hit a reasonably substantial bump. So I was looking at the TSB for my squeaky clutch and found this, came out on the 3rd.

http://www.finishlineperformance.com...05-08-1948.pdf

swoope

iTrader: (5)

very good find!


beers

swoope

iTrader: (5)

i will comment. 89k miles on the 04 stock endlinks. mine are fine..

should be gone soon..

beers

fahrfegneugen

Yeah, you probably have smoother roads down there. I can't say mine are gone, and it's too dark too look, but it would make sense.

LionZoo

I find it interesting that Mazda states handling and steering are not affected under normal circumstances. I guess Mazda doesn't believe that normal driving is very stressful.

Also, do aftermarket endlinks use plastic connectors?

swoope

iTrader: (5)

some do some dont..

beers

fahrfegneugen

I don't know a ton about suspension, so could someone tell me what the endlinks do (swoope)?

swoope

iTrader: (5)

they connect the sway bars to the the lower control arms front and rear..

and as important in day to day driving. not really.

beers

fahrfegneugen

Okay, now I see what it does. I was bored so I went out and looked at it. Here is a pic too for the hell of it... It seemed on there tight, not broken and the dots looked okay, but whatever.