Genuine Mazda RX-7 Sway Bar

Mazda RX-7 Sway Bar Parts and Q&A

• Stabilizer Bar
  FD01-34-151A
  Q: How to properly install and inspect a rear sway bar on Mazda RX-7?

  A:

  Lift the rear part of the car and prop it using jack stands that are placed on the front side of the lower link brackets. Detach the stabilizer bar on each end by loosening the lock nut on the bottom of the control link, and, when it is required, remove the mount bracket on the frame rail. Two support plates on the axle housing now keep the stabilizer bar in place, loosen the bolts that hold the plates onto the housing and remove the stabilizer bar and the support plates under the vehicle. Check the bar to ensure that it is free of cracks, deformations, and damages and remove it where needed. Inspect the control links and support plates rubber bushings and replace as needed, which may be cracked, worn out, or damaged. In case the support plate bushings were taken off or changed, make sure that the hollow is facing backward on the support plate and vehicle and the one where the mounting bolt fits is facing forward. Install the stabilizer bar with the support plates attached and loosely install the support plate mounting bolts but do not tighten. In case of removal, screw the mounting brackets onto the frame rails and tighten the nuts using a torque of 27 to 38 ft-lb (3.8 to 5.3 m-kg). Fit the control links and stabilizer bar ends with four rubber bushings on each side, screw the lock nut and jam nut onto the control link bolt and screw until 0.169 in (4.3 mm) of threaded rod sticks out of the tightened jam nut. Lastly, set the vehicle to the ground and apply, through the entire weight of the car, on the suspension, the torque through the support plate bolts 23 to 34 ft-lb (3.2 to 4.7 m-kg).