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

 

very good find!


beers

 

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

should be gone soon..

beers

 

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.

 

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?

 

some do some dont..

beers

 

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

 

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

 

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.