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REar Susp: Stabilizer Control Bracket Broken?

Posted: September 11th, 2007, 2:32 pm
by PurpleDinosaur
At lest I think that is what I broke... here's a pic:

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Easy fix? Comments / guideance apprecited.

Where to buy this part? Junkyard only? WTB Post and pray? DEaler only? (and bendover!?)

Thanks

Posted: September 11th, 2007, 5:21 pm
by Slammed6
I believe that is just the endlink. Not hard to find...and always good to replace those as well.

Posted: September 12th, 2007, 8:29 am
by lowridah313
Here in Canada its a dealer only part and it goes for around $60. You could check Ebay.

Posted: September 12th, 2007, 8:11 pm
by 94mx3precidia
i baught that part, for both sides of my car. Its called the stabilizer bar control link.

Its definately not a dealer or a bend over part! my dealer i think quoted my $37 and where i work it was $35. Napa sells them.

Posted: September 13th, 2007, 7:50 am
by lowridah313
Well not here in Cambridge its dealer only. I paid $60ish for the wifes car, and I have had Napa and afew others look it up they dont have a part number for it from any supplier.

Posted: September 13th, 2007, 10:23 am
by PurpleDinosaur
sTooopid question...

What does it do??? I have not noticed any difference in handling since it broke... but just in case I'm not hitting triple digits again until its fixed!

It looks like a simple "couple of bolts" repair - yes?

Posted: September 13th, 2007, 6:40 pm
by 94mx3precidia
ya but when it gests as bad as yours is (mine was that bad too) Where the joints have separated the removal method isnt going to work. If you have a look at the link you will see that there is a hex key on the end that is used to help in removing but often enough they end up sheering or are really rusted out like mine were.

Wehn i got my car both of mine (front end) were completely broken apart. I attemted to remove it with vice grips holding the ball part but that didnt work. I just got so fed up i grabbed my brinder and grinded the bolt off. Id say i spent about a hour and a half on one side trying to get the bolt to crack with a breaker bar and wrench but that didnt work so i broke out the grinder and within 5 mins or less it was off. I tried the same thing on the other side for about 10 mins but i ended up just grinding it off too.

So my advice would be to go to canadian tire and pick up one of there cheap $30 grinders and use that. Saves alot of time and hassle, not to mention the sciled knuckles when the wrench slips :P

Posted: September 14th, 2007, 12:31 pm
by mx3autozam
lowridah313 wrote:Well not here in Cambridge its dealer only. I paid $60ish for the wifes car, and I have had Napa and afew others look it up they dont have a part number for it from any supplier.
i ordered mine for 37bux at carquest. they came in Mazda packages. i asked the guy about them and he said the some company supplies to the dealer.