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Car Forum / Mazda / Mazda Miata / August 20082000 Mazda Protege ES stabilizer links? OK to NOT replace them?
Started having some kind of rattle on front drivers side and mechanic says its stabilizer links. Will cost $160 to have them replaced including labor. Car also needs front brake job and all wheel alignment as tires are new. cost will be another $250 or so for that Money is tight right now and am wondering if ok to skip the stabilizer link and just put up with rattling..... but go ahead and get brakes and alignment done? Will skipping the stabilizer links adversely affect the alignment, tire wear, safety, etc? Car has 155k miles and I'm original owner > Started having some kind of rattle on front drivers > side and mechanic says its stabilizer links. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Will skipping the stabilizer links adversely affect the > alignment, tire wear, safety, etc? Very likely. Spend the bucks, you'll save on tires in the long run.  SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >> Will skipping the stabilizer links adversely affect the >> alignment, tire wear, safety, etc? > >Very likely. Spend the bucks, you'll save on tires in the long run. I just checked my excel sheet with car records for this car and see that I had the Mazda dealer replace the front left/right sway bars on 7/2/2003. Car had 52k miles on it then and now has 155k miles Does 5 years of life and 103k miles use seem abt right for these sway links? >>> Will skipping the stabilizer links adversely affect the alignment, >>> tire wear, safety, etc? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Does 5 years of life and 103k miles use > seem abt right for these sway links? Yes, it does to me, any other opinions here? SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >> Does 5 years of life and 103k miles use >> seem abt right for these sway links? > >Yes, it does to me, any other opinions here? OK Well I just have never owned a car where the sway bar links have gone bad...so didn't know |
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