I replaced the wheel bearings front and rear and replaced the rubber bushing in the rear uprights with urethane bushings from Keith at Flyin' Miata.
Swapping out the bushings was an easy job, but the bearings were more work than expected. I found out after pulling apart the fronts that the bearings aren't serviceable, you need to buy a new hub assembly. Probably would have used the old ones had I known that from the start...
The rear bearings are serviceable and it wasn't too difficult of a job, except that I took everything apart two weeks ago and forgot how things went together. A quick search turned up http://www.mazdamotorsports.com/pdfs/collgd/mx5_9097_cg.pdf and saved the day...
Here are the assembled hubs:
I also painted the calipers today. Original plan was to use dark gray, but the only colors of caliper paint I could find were silver, red and black. After trying silver on the diff, I realized this would stand out too much so went with black.
Swapping out the bushings was an easy job, but the bearings were more work than expected. I found out after pulling apart the fronts that the bearings aren't serviceable, you need to buy a new hub assembly. Probably would have used the old ones had I known that from the start...
The rear bearings are serviceable and it wasn't too difficult of a job, except that I took everything apart two weeks ago and forgot how things went together. A quick search turned up http://www.mazdamotorsports.com/pdfs/collgd/mx5_9097_cg.pdf and saved the day...
Here are the assembled hubs:
I also painted the calipers today. Original plan was to use dark gray, but the only colors of caliper paint I could find were silver, red and black. After trying silver on the diff, I realized this would stand out too much so went with black.
