Had a rough MOT need some help finding some parts.

[Ridiculous Red Trousers]

Offside front lower Suspension arm ball joint (from what I can see the entire control arm needs replacing?) I can't find this anywhere
The rest is all bushings, mostly for the anti roll bars, I have asked Euro Car Parts for some replacements, but they need to know the size of the rear anti roll bar... Is there an easy way to tell this or will I need to get under and messure?

 

[Myocardial Infarction]

Rear ARB best thing is to measure as I know there are 16mm and 19mm variants (there might be another but I'm not 100%) and I've fallen foul of having a different size to the bush I had to hand.

I've not used them myself but front control arms can be purchased from RockAuto: RX7 Front Control Arms

Think Mazda want silly money for these, if they're not NLA

If you wish to upgrade Bushings then Rotor Torque had an offer on Super Pro Bushings: Polyurethane Front and Rear Suspension Bush Kit

 

[Martin17]

Hi I have a front right lower arm if you can't source a new one. Also have some new roll bar poly bushes in 14 and 18mm rear and 28.7mm front

 

[Ridiculous Red Trousers]

Oh cheers,

I've found the lower control arm fortunatly, and rear anti roll bar bushes but the front I am still looking for, but for the front I'll messure mine and let you know.

This hasn't been as much trouble as I had expected!

Thanks guys,

 

[Spendyrx]

The bottom arm ball joints are integrated into the wishbone, you have to buy the complete unit

 

[Spendyrx]

You know your arb bushes.... if there's play in them but they're not minging, you can just unbolt them and stick a grips on the u clamp to pinch then and that takes up the slack I put powerflex in mine but when I replaced them I had a chat with the tester and asked him if pinching the u clamp would have been enough and he said that's all they do when people leave the cars there

 

[Ridiculous Red Trousers]

ha thats amazing. I think I'd rather do it properly though XD

As for the control arms, is there a Guide or wiki out there on how to change it? What I should look out for and what torque I need to tie everything back up to? Or do most people just go for it?

 

[Myocardial Infarction]

Service and Workshop Manuals - Should provide torque settings etc

 

[Wolfie1]

Or another option for your arb bushes not as rough as the option above but still out there, wrap black tape around the arb under where the D bush sits