Universal Energy Suspension Rear Stabilizer Bushing How-To

[IMACHU2]

For this job you will need:
-A belt sander
-Angle grinder or hacksaw
-Energy Suspension P/N 9.5124G (BLACK)



Step 1:
Place your original stabilizer bushing bracket on the Energy Suspension bracket. Line up the holes and use a sharpy to trace the old bracket.



Step 2:
Trim the Energy bracket with a cutting tool. I love my angle grinder
Note: I got a little over zealous. I would leave a bit more materal if I were to do it again. (would have made bolting them on a little easier).

Step 3:
Use a belt sander to trim the bottom of the bushing. (It needs to be flush with the bracket).



Step 4:
Lube them up with the suppiled grease and bolt them up like stock. And there you go, inexpensive rear stabilizer bushings for your MX-3!

Note: My rear bar was 20MM (1994 MX-3 GS V6) Confirm your bar size and order bushings accordingly. Energy has universal bushings like the ones I used from 11mm to 33mm!


You can do this mod while on the car. My subframe was out for restoration purposes.

Stay tuned for a How-To on the front stabilizer bushings......hopefully (If it works)

[fowljesse]

Thanks for the write-ups! Mine had this exactly, too. Then, when I got the Whiteline, I did it all over again. The bushings that come with the Whiteline are even harder.

[wytbishop]

Are the brackets that come with the whileline bar the same size as the Energy Suspension ones? Not sure if you would even know that...Just curious.

[fowljesse]

From what I remember, the Whiteline didn't come with brackets. The bushings are thinner than the ES, so I had to grind the brackets thinner.

[IMACHU2]

fowljesse: Thank wytbishop he made me write it.

wytbishop: "Are the brackets that come with the whileline bar the same size as the Energy Suspension ones?" I have no clue, assuming your asking Jesse, but just in case I dunno.

The stock MX-3 stabilizer bars will be a big improvement over the no stabilizer bars on my car (A MaZda 323 now with MX-3 GS Suspension).

[MapaX5]

i gotta thank you for writing this too! i'm fed up with so much body roll!
ima wait till witty decides if he's gonna make these before i go and start chopping crap around though. lol.
but if he's not gonna in the near future, i'm all for this.
Thanks again!

[wytbishop]

Based on how cheap the ES bushings are and how easy this is to do I could not possibly compete. I doubt I will bother at all now. I will probably still come up with a solid mount bushing for the racer types though.

[mitmaks]

this should be moved to FAQ, great write-up!

[IMACHU2]

No problem, and thank you. Not entirely clear. Leave the circled area length longer then I did, to act as a lever to get them in place easier. Oh and I have figured out how to actually use my new digital camera, so my next project will not be all blurry.

[MapaX5]

Any words on a front set? or ideas for a front set?

[IMACHU2]

Timely question. Just last weekend, I went to Modify the front set and found I did not need to. They will directly replace the old ones. Check to make sure your bar is 22mm. If so order these babies!

[MapaX5]

hmm...i have a '94 RS...i wonder what i've got underthere...

[mikeinaus]

if someone didnt have access to a belt sander to shave the bushing would it be possible to just put washers behind the bracket to make it sit level with the bushing?

[Hoodzy]

Stupid question. But what do these do?

[mikeinaus]

there like a cushion that holds the swaybar to the frame while letting it move when you turn