I have OEM RX8 sways on my MX5, and they do exactly what I wanted. They transform the MX5, completely removing the excessive roll!

A miata.net user in Greece reported a failure of the aluminum ring that keeps the front bar in position resulting in damage to the shock. The ring slid away from the bushing allowing the bar to move.

I searched and found no reports of this problem here, but felt that I should ask in case my search text missed the mark.

I found my bars on your classifieds last year - Thanks, RX8club!

 

I never heard of front sway bar failure. I do however heard of front endlink failure. Maybe the endlinks were not strong enough to handle the rx8 sway bar on your miata.

 

That's what I was thinking, try using the RX-8 endlinks.

 

Thanks for the suggestion, guys, but the end links are identical. Many of us use the RX8 endlinks anyway. The aluminum sleeve next to the bushing slipped.

 

Your talking about the bracket that holds the sway bushing and sway to the chassis...

I had the progress technology one snap on me a little while ago...

They DO break, especially if you increase the stiffness of the bar and the bracket is OEM.

 

The miata guys should look at racing beats anti sway bars. They come with all the upgrades componets you need.

 

I took my stock bar off years ago and never noticed it, but in fact I had the same thing happen. When I picked up another bar to try earlier this year I compared it to the stock bar just to make sure it was bent correctly. When I lined them up I thought the new bar was off, but it turned out that one of the stock swaybar stops had moved.

It is easy enough to move back, so easy in fact I can see how it moved. I think the best option is to remove the stock stops, or supplement them from behind, with a more durable set: http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?fo...action=product

 

Thank you for the reply and the excellent link.

 

Excellent info.