Miata Mailing List: September 1993, Message #223
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   From: "Michael Simmons" 
Subject: Re: roll bar bushing replacement report
   Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 03:44:57 -0400

On Tue, 21 Sep 1993, Ken Buck wrote about his experience changing his anti-
roll bar bushings (great report, Ken) and reported:

>while this improved the car in general, this *didn't* solve
>another handling mystery that i've been trying to track down.
>
>it feels like the suspension has some slop in it somewhere,
>you can feel it when just pulling away from a stop, or
>occasionally when travelling on the road at moderate speeds.
>it's noticeable even immediately following a 4-wheel realignment,
>and is still present after the roll-bar bushing replacement.
>
>my next possible guess is maybe the control arm bushings need
>replacement?  (this doesn't look as much like a do-it-yourself
>job as the roll bar bushings were)
>otherwise, i'm at a loss.

Have you considered the shocks, Ken?  After 48k (of hard driving,
perhaps?), they're probably nearing the end of their life, at least
showing enough loss to be noticable.  Should be easy to check out, anyway,
and if they're worn you can upgrade to Koni or something.

Mike Simmons