Your passion for working on cars is truly astounding. Your videos make me want to work harder and harder on my NA. 3 years ago I had never done an oil change, 4 months I swapped a 99-00 engine and 6 speed with a MS3 into my NA. Thank you, Craig ;)
Love love love that you went with the bronze retrofit! I went with Delrin and spherical bearings because I’m a glutton for punishment. Keep up the great work!!!!!!!!!!!
I use marine grade grease on all my bushings, it works really good. It's a must have if you do like a bushing style insert on a oem mount. Be sure to wear gloves, it's insanely tacky.
Nicely timed video Greg. I'm up to my eyeballs trying to fit new (OEM) bushes to the front suspension of my car and the old ones are proving to be a heap of trouble. I think I need to get some heat on the job. Thanks for the tips 👍
God, I read Aidan’s entire build thread and the development of the sadfab brakes and bushings and such. Honestly I’m surprised to know that they’re actually making products. His car is dope, yours is dope, god I need another Miata.
Did poly bushings on my NB, I used the jaw puller as well. It took two full days of work. Good drive feeling but after a while they started squeaking. Great video!
Also, when I did this job I used a 3 jaw puller and it was so hard to line up. And some of the bushings were so stuck I bent the threaded rod and junked the puller. Then I just set a fire in my backyard patio and threw the control arms into it.
Interesting solution for the sleeve! Used 3 arm puller and heater gun when changed to orange Polybush kit (flexing poly with sleeve fastened to the poly material, so function as rubber oem ones, but more reliable and a bit stiffer - fast road). Got out upper arms, but kept the lower font ones in place and changed bushings right there. A bit less working space but can be a pain to loosen the ball joints.
i changed all the bushings in all of the control arms when i installed fortune auto coils on my 99. the bushings themselves were pretty expensive from the dealership and i actually found it cheaper to just buy brand new control arms all around from rock auto with the bushings already installed so no pressing them out, just swapping control arms :) pro tip for anybody else!
This looks like a good solution, I would not recommend using standard or cheap poly bushes in the long term. They can become very stiff to the detriment of safety without regular greasing and maintenance. Even channelled poly bushes require some ongoing lubrication. I’m looking these up because it seems like a good alternative
I was going to use grease fittings in my poly bushing install but i instead found an alternative method. I found Mike Kojima recommends applying a layer of Teflon tape in addition to grease to keep the new bushings from speaking over longer periods of time. The example i saw was supposedly a 5yr old poly bushing install that was pulled off the car still not squeaking. i performed the install with teflon and no squeaking immediately as expected but more time is needed to truly test.
He needs to upload more like ya it sucks he has to work and doesn’t have time but his channel is dope and I feel like I learn how to do stuff on my Miata
Maybe sadfab can retroactively sponsor the show, because this is one hell of a sales pitch. I’m still another year or so away from my next Miata, but these are on the list
Wish I knew about that Sadfab kit earlier. I just recently replaced my old poly bushes with some IL Motorsports rubber ones for the exact reasons mentioned in your vid.
Greg, can you help us out with putting a list on your website of all the tools one will need to build a motor? I’ve also got a VVT 1.8 that I would really like to rebuild to similar specs, but I’m terribly unprepared in the tools department lol
I finished a 1.8 (not vvt) rebuild recently. Apart from the obvious socket and wrench set the only special tools I used was a torque wrench (you need a 1/2 drive or bigger to torque the crank and fly wheel bolts), and a piston rings compressor. Also the Miata uses 12 point bolts on the head so make sure you have a 12 point set and a 6 point set as if any bolts are seized on at all the 12 points will strip the head but a 6 point should be fine. Then if your going to be re-using your rods you'll just need pliers and a mallet. Using that and the back of a screwdriver you can pop out the piston connecting shaft. I know I'm not Greg but hopefully that helps. Good luck man!
Greg: fantastic knowledge and skills you have! Where did you learn all this?! BTW The control arm w/ bushings looks like my motorcycle swing arm main bearing including the grease nipple. Best, Rob
Great vid! I will be doing that same thing soon, but I have another set of arms to paint and all. Also I am gonna install far superior SuperPro bushes. no need for SADfab mod with those
Good video and I'm glad to see you back making videos again but hey Greg you had all the parts out the car you couldn't take them down to the power washer and wash them off first LOL 🤣
With these bronze bearing kits installed, will the control arms move freely without the shocks installed? Unlike the preloaded twist of the stock rubber?? I'm wondering if the suspension would be better at absorbing small bumps if it could respond faster do to less stiction and how it would effect the original design philosophy.
Hey carpassionchanell. Love the videos. Because of you I no longer feel the timing belt and water pump job is monumental amount of work. And I pull Nissan transmissions at work. Thank you. Also, years ago I saw I saw aftermarket upper control arms with serviceable ball joints. What's your take on those?
just installed these on my NA but i was wondering, the washers u used that came with the kit, do you have to install these somewhere? i lost the papers that came with the kit but did you end up using these other then to press that bushing in? i used your video's every step along the way in restoring my NA, best miata channel out there!
How about freezing the whole control arm, then trying to get the bushing out? Maybe the metal and rubber have different warming rates, or you could freeze then apply a little heat to the outside of the metal as shown here.
Nice work. I can't wait to get my miata. Do you think the NB is better then the NA? Also if you had a skilled welder/fabricator what work would you have him do? Stitch weld the chassis? Make tower braces? Chassis stiffeners?
Cameron Young NBs are better cars. NAs are better Miatas. NB2s are much further ahead in terms of refinement. 03-05 comes with standard big brakes and chassis stiffening.
Sanding them down, prepping and painting them would've taken maybe twice or three times the time it took to change the bushings. I'm glad he didn't do it, as then we would have been waiting longer for the next video.
Hey Greg, what's it like to have lived with Poly Bushings for a year? Would you do it again? Does the car rattle on every bump now? Have you had to grease them since install? Do they squeak? Thoughts on handling? Thanks for a great channel!
No negative effects to be noticed. And definitely no squeaking with the SadFab bearings. I probably should have greased them by now, but I haven't done it yet... it's on my to do list!
Dont you think the movement between the bearing ant the sleeve will actually wear them out and thin out the bearings after some time. Or is it the greese acting like OIL in an engine?
Roll bar should definitely be the first thing you get. I advise spending the extra money and get something better than just a single hoop. They aren't really that strong.
I just took my pretty slammed Miata on a 2k + mile trip with polyurethane bushings and it was a nightmare lmao. I brought my girlfriend too and she never wants in my car again she said 😪. NVH is so bad but I'm just used to it lol.
I have the same bushings in my 97 NA, and after taking it in the rain for a little drifting both rear lower control arms have their bushings popped out. This work was done by the previous owner, so I need to buy new rear bushings for the bearings etc, or just press them back in?
@@a.drenalinet.herapy9489 Sounds like it might be missing the washers or something, the bushings should not be able to come out once everything is bolted onto the car
Similar to the included Energy Suspension pins, its odd to me that these pins aren't WIDER than the bushing material itself. To me, without making the pin wider than the bushing, once you torque the bolt, it will still have an element of drag on the side faces of the bushings. Am I in the wrong here?
Can you give me a link, if you have one with how the car drives, before and after? I like the SADFab idea! Some guys say it's barely noticeable of a difference, I'd be doing Corvette Arms , so it's pretty labor intensive, (*12 bushings) . Delrin or monoball might be horrible on the street. There's a lot of install videos. I like this one! I'd like to hear some real driving experience, thanks
I actually just put poly bushings in a couple months ago in my 95, I used a ball joint C clamp kit. Lemme know if you want any help with stuff or want to cruise some canyons, I’m also located in San Diego.
Toejam and earl
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You have good taste in games. I HATE THE WILD MAILBOX 🤣
couldnt thumbs up faster. I love the hot tub level!!
This is the only channel I automatically give a like to on every video,
♥️ thank you so much Likeium
TheCarPassionChannel haha I see you watch him. 😁
Gingium great meme great meme #justiceforgreg
Your passion for working on cars is truly astounding. Your videos make me want to work harder and harder on my NA. 3 years ago I had never done an oil change, 4 months I swapped a 99-00 engine and 6 speed with a MS3 into my NA. Thank you, Craig ;)
Yessss! Love it Greg!! Someone tell Fyeah spec that he fell short on this on his swapped miata build and was one up by GPSPEC! Legit as always Greg!!
“Miata drivers love a little extra stiffness” holy shit pulling no punches there
Another banger from craig jeter!
loved the aqua teen hunger force reference
Toe jam and earl panic on funk-a-tron. Absolute classic
Thank you for finally giving me a use for these giant C-clamps I bought at Home Depot last year.
SQEEEEK!!! Energy Suspension has been squeaking for 40 years! And more! 30 seconds in, and I was wondering when and if you were gonna get to that!
So good to have your videos back.
Love love love that you went with the bronze retrofit! I went with Delrin and spherical bearings because I’m a glutton for punishment. Keep up the great work!!!!!!!!!!!
1:02 beware the squeak... THE SQUEAK!!! I'm in stitches 😂😂😂
My dude back at it again! Hell yeah!
I use marine grade grease on all my bushings, it works really good. It's a must have if you do like a bushing style insert on a oem mount. Be sure to wear gloves, it's insanely tacky.
Even the ES grease is ridiculously sticky, went through so many pairs of gloves attempting to keep the camera clean during this
What marine grease did you use?
Subie King can’t remember what I was using but energy suspension has good grease that will last.
All thread rod and washers work pretty good for pressing back in. I used a stainless exhaust tube and all thread to push old bushings out, too.
Nicely timed video Greg. I'm up to my eyeballs trying to fit new (OEM) bushes to the front suspension of my car and the old ones are proving to be a heap of trouble. I think I need to get some heat on the job. Thanks for the tips 👍
So much freedom in that knife!
You deserve much much much more subscribers! Your content and quality of it is awesome!
Oh hell yeah!!!! This is sweet! I've been shopping around for bushings for a bit. And this is perfect timing. You rock Greg!
God, I read Aidan’s entire build thread and the development of the sadfab brakes and bushings and such. Honestly I’m surprised to know that they’re actually making products. His car is dope, yours is dope, god I need another Miata.
Crazy informative as usual! I learned a lot! Btw I really liked the energy and editing style in this video. also, you are looking good atm!
Did poly bushings on my NB, I used the jaw puller as well. It took two full days of work. Good drive feeling but after a while they started squeaking.
Great video!
Also, when I did this job I used a 3 jaw puller and it was so hard to line up. And some of the bushings were so stuck I bent the threaded rod and junked the puller. Then I just set a fire in my backyard patio and threw the control arms into it.
The aqua teen hunger force reference brought me back lol that was great!!!
hey craig porters, just letting you know you didnt show up in the sub boxes this morning, thank the lord for ig post keeping me up to date
Glad the videos are back my dude
I wish I would have known about those sleeve bearings a couple months ago. I just installed all new bushings.
are you having squeaks? more vibration? how are they
Jaw Puller technique is pro!!
Interesting solution for the sleeve!
Used 3 arm puller and heater gun when changed to orange Polybush kit (flexing poly with sleeve fastened to the poly material, so function as rubber oem ones, but more reliable and a bit stiffer - fast road). Got out upper arms, but kept the lower font ones in place and changed bushings right there. A bit less working space but can be a pain to loosen the ball joints.
Nice solution. Sweet looking outcome. Fine design man.
Been waiting for the video ever since you said you’d be doing a bushing install when you redid your hub bearing :’)
austin d Lolllll I've been rocking the same crap bushing ever since
TheCarPassionChannel if I remember correctly that was the one that came out by hand 😂
Taking a brake from working on my NB1 turbo build for this. Great video like always Greg.
This is some great advice. I'm sure I'll be referencing this video again whenever I upgrade mine.
Your videos make my day better good job!
0:27 😂 you're a funny guy
I've watched this 5 times now 🤣😂👍👌
Craig mah boiii, you are a beast.
I cannot wait to see the miata with its new drivetrain!
I was just thinking about this, just like a heim joint. Good stuff man
i changed all the bushings in all of the control arms when i installed fortune auto coils on my 99. the bushings themselves were pretty expensive from the dealership and i actually found it cheaper to just buy brand new control arms all around from rock auto with the bushings already installed so no pressing them out, just swapping control arms :) pro tip for anybody else!
Tip for the tool to push the bearings in with the cal, use magnets to hold the round bits in place.
I've also found that cutting grooves in the ES bushings so the grease flows better seems to help with the squeak.
Gonna be doing this, this weekend. Thanks for the video. Always helpful
I was about to tackle this on my own Miata, good looking out on that SadFab kit! Going to add that to my parts list!
Yesss! Thank you ! Dam looking slim bud
This looks like a good solution, I would not recommend using standard or cheap poly bushes in the long term. They can become very stiff to the detriment of safety without regular greasing and maintenance. Even channelled poly bushes require some ongoing lubrication. I’m looking these up because it seems like a good alternative
This editing is 10/10
Thanks man! I feel like I went all in on this one 😅
I was going to use grease fittings in my poly bushing install but i instead found an alternative method. I found Mike Kojima recommends applying a layer of Teflon tape in addition to grease to keep the new bushings from speaking over longer periods of time. The example i saw was supposedly a 5yr old poly bushing install that was pulled off the car still not squeaking. i performed the install with teflon and no squeaking immediately as expected but more time is needed to truly test.
teflon around the bushing? how'd it stay in place when installing?
Can't wait to see how they work out for you. If you like them this may be a in the future for my Miata
He needs to upload more like ya it sucks he has to work and doesn’t have time but his channel is dope and I feel like I learn how to do stuff on my Miata
Maybe sadfab can retroactively sponsor the show, because this is one hell of a sales pitch. I’m still another year or so away from my next Miata, but these are on the list
Wish I knew about that Sadfab kit earlier. I just recently replaced my old poly bushes with some IL Motorsports rubber ones for the exact reasons mentioned in your vid.
YES The video I’ve been waiting for!!!!
You're right. I want this now! Screw the squeaking
Greg, can you help us out with putting a list on your website of all the tools one will need to build a motor? I’ve also got a VVT 1.8 that I would really like to rebuild to similar specs, but I’m terribly unprepared in the tools department lol
Uriah Siner Maybe even a full comprehensive list of everything he has one to the day including all engine work.
I finished a 1.8 (not vvt) rebuild recently. Apart from the obvious socket and wrench set the only special tools I used was a torque wrench (you need a 1/2 drive or bigger to torque the crank and fly wheel bolts), and a piston rings compressor. Also the Miata uses 12 point bolts on the head so make sure you have a 12 point set and a 6 point set as if any bolts are seized on at all the 12 points will strip the head but a 6 point should be fine.
Then if your going to be re-using your rods you'll just need pliers and a mallet. Using that and the back of a screwdriver you can pop out the piston connecting shaft.
I know I'm not Greg but hopefully that helps. Good luck man!
I wish I've known about that SADfab sleeve about 2 years ago
The best, as always!! Keep on Greg!!
Greg: fantastic knowledge and skills you have! Where did you learn all this?! BTW The control arm w/ bushings looks like my motorcycle swing arm main bearing including the grease nipple. Best, Rob
Back at it again
Great vid! I will be doing that same thing soon, but I have another set of arms to paint and all. Also I am gonna install far superior SuperPro bushes. no need for SADfab mod with those
How are these holding up, 2 years later?
Good video and I'm glad to see you back making videos again but hey Greg you had all the parts out the car you couldn't take them down to the power washer and wash them off first LOL 🤣
That aqua teen reference got me 😂
Love the royalty-free jams XD
Love this show, big fan
I love these VIDEOS!!!!! Thank you
With these bronze bearing kits installed, will the control arms move freely without the shocks installed? Unlike the preloaded twist of the stock rubber?? I'm wondering if the suspension would be better at absorbing small bumps if it could respond faster do to less stiction and how it would effect the original design philosophy.
Brian J Yes, with the bolts fully torqued the arms move freely through their full range of travel.
a properly used torch is a magic tool for working on any car built in the 90s or before lol
super fantastic mate . please do a complete bushing video with a starlet car ep82 or ep91 . great thanks sir
Satisfying
Amazing. I have the same adequate caliper.
Hey carpassionchanell. Love the videos. Because of you I no longer feel the timing belt and water pump job is monumental amount of work. And I pull Nissan transmissions at work. Thank you. Also, years ago I saw I saw aftermarket upper control arms with serviceable ball joints. What's your take on those?
just installed these on my NA but i was wondering, the washers u used that came with the kit, do you have to install these somewhere? i lost the papers that came with the kit but did you end up using these other then to press that bushing in?
i used your video's every step along the way in restoring my NA, best miata channel out there!
Yeee, hawkeye making me want this upgrade.
How about freezing the whole control arm, then trying to get the bushing out? Maybe the metal and rubber have different warming rates, or you could freeze then apply a little heat to the outside of the metal as shown here.
Dam. You really make good videos.
maybe one of these days ill finish my poly bushings
Nice work. I can't wait to get my miata. Do you think the NB is better then the NA? Also if you had a skilled welder/fabricator what work would you have him do? Stitch weld the chassis? Make tower braces? Chassis stiffeners?
Cameron Young NBs are better cars. NAs are better Miatas.
NB2s are much further ahead in terms of refinement. 03-05 comes with standard big brakes and chassis stiffening.
even the nb1's are far stiffer than the na6 chassis.
Slightly disappointed you didn't take the time to sand down and repaint the arms when you had them out. But this was some neat info, thanks a lot!
Not worth the time to make the bottom of my car pretty, it will look old again in 2k miles, lol
Sanding them down, prepping and painting them would've taken maybe twice or three times the time it took to change the bushings. I'm glad he didn't do it, as then we would have been waiting longer for the next video.
gotta powdercoat the subframe/control arms and zinc plate the hardware. Full fyeah spec
How have the bushings been after these years?
Still great!
@@TheCarPassionChannel that's awesome to hear! So no squeaking?
Hey Greg, what's it like to have lived with Poly Bushings for a year? Would you do it again? Does the car rattle on every bump now? Have you had to grease them since install? Do they squeak? Thoughts on handling? Thanks for a great channel!
No negative effects to be noticed. And definitely no squeaking with the SadFab bearings. I probably should have greased them by now, but I haven't done it yet... it's on my to do list!
@@TheCarPassionChannel Great to hear. I'll definitely go with the SadFab as well then. Thanks for the follow up info.
Can we give a shout out to that socket wrench? That's old faithful right there.
Dont you think the movement between the bearing ant the sleeve will actually wear them out and thin out the bearings after some time. Or is it the greese acting like OIL in an engine?
What are your thoughts between Sadfabs Delrin bushing kid versus the full poly kit with upgraded sleeves?
dude, you are awesome.
haha toejam and earl, but someone else beat me to it! quality!
ever just come back and watch old cpc vids? no? just me?
In 2 weeks I'm buying a Miata any starter mods you suggest since you're the king of Miata
KingBryant #1 thing you should get is a roll bar
KingBryant good tires
Roll bar
Roll bar should definitely be the first thing you get. I advise spending the extra money and get something better than just a single hoop. They aren't really that strong.
KingBryant hold on there's a video. I'll find it.
You gonna be "Doing it for Dale" soon Greg? lol Miata just slaying muscle cars
I just took my pretty slammed Miata on a 2k + mile trip with polyurethane bushings and it was a nightmare lmao. I brought my girlfriend too and she never wants in my car again she said 😪. NVH is so bad but I'm just used to it lol.
Please use a lubricant such as ProSlip PIN which doesn't interact with rubber to reduce sqeaking and aid fitting
What would happen if instead of heating it up you just smash it with an impact? Asking because I am not allowed to play with fire.
NippyMoto If you have a powerful enough impact they should come out. Or a vice and a piece of pipe.
Just use a heat gun instead.
I have the same bushings in my 97 NA, and after taking it in the rain for a little drifting both rear lower control arms have their bushings popped out. This work was done by the previous owner, so I need to buy new rear bushings for the bearings etc, or just press them back in?
@@a.drenalinet.herapy9489 Sounds like it might be missing the washers or something, the bushings should not be able to come out once everything is bolted onto the car
Similar to the included Energy Suspension pins, its odd to me that these pins aren't WIDER than the bushing material itself. To me, without making the pin wider than the bushing, once you torque the bolt, it will still have an element of drag on the side faces of the bushings. Am I in the wrong here?
Can you give me a link, if you have one with how the car drives, before and after? I like the SADFab idea! Some guys say it's barely noticeable of a difference, I'd be doing Corvette Arms , so it's pretty labor intensive, (*12 bushings) . Delrin or monoball might be horrible on the street. There's a lot of install videos. I like this one! I'd like to hear some real driving experience, thanks
Perfection work
What grease did you use? A friend of mine reccomended Cooper Grease, but yours looks like silicon
I actually just put poly bushings in a couple months ago in my 95, I used a ball joint C clamp kit. Lemme know if you want any help with stuff or want to cruise some canyons, I’m also located in San Diego.
Do those washers have any other use or do they just send them to help the install?
Good, fun content. How long the job take? (I wish you post that on every vidjo)
Doing the bushings themselves took 4-5 hours (I say at the end). I try to remember to add that detail in every video but usually I forget!
Hi Greg, can you cut poly bushings in half for easy install (mine came as whole bushings)