Mazda 626 sway bars

I have a '99 Mazda 626 V.6. Are the following the same thing? "sway bar
link kit" and "sway bar bushings and stabilizing links"? I had the former
replaced in Feb. 2004 and am being told I need the latter. If they are the
same, how often do these things need to be replaced, normally?

nrmartin Wrote:
> I have a '99 Mazda 626 V.6. Are the following the same thing? "sway bar
> link kit" and "sway bar bushings and stabilizing links"? I had the
> former
> replaced in Feb. 2004 and am being told I need the latter. If they are
> the
> same, how often do these things need to be replaced, normally?

They should last many years.


The bushings are just rubber surrounds that go between the bar and the
C-shaped brackets that hold them to the body. The links may be a bit
more complex than the simple 6" bolt with a series of washers and
bushings that most cars have...Ford and Mazda use a link design that is
like a short rod with a ball stud on each end, like what you see on a
tie rod end...


Anyway, the bushings hold the bar to the car, the links hold the bar
end to the lower control arms. The links usually take a lot more
beating than the bushings, but both should easily last 5 years or more.

It's not a case of they were done on the front, now the rear need done,
is it? There's a stab bar on both ends of the car....


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Both are for the rear

jeffcoslacker wrote:
>nrmartin Wrote:
>> I have a '99 Mazda 626 V.6. Are the following the same thing? "sway bar
>> link kit" and "sway bar bushings and stabilizing links"? I had the
>> former
>> replaced in Feb. 2004 and am being told I need the latter. If they are
>> the
>> same, how often do these things need to be replaced, normally?
>
>They should last many years.
>
>The bushings are just rubber surrounds that go between the bar and the
>C-shaped brackets that hold them to the body. The links may be a bit
>more complex than the simple 6" bolt with a series of washers and
>bushings that most cars have...Ford and Mazda use a link design that is
>like a short rod with a ball stud on each end, like what you see on a
>tie rod end...
>
>Anyway, the bushings hold the bar to the car, the links hold the bar
>end to the lower control arms. The links usually take a lot more
>beating than the bushings, but both should easily last 5 years or more.
>
>It's not a case of they were done on the front, now the rear need done,
>is it? There's a stab bar on both ends of the car....
>

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