MazdaSpeed 3 Front Sway Bar Bushings (WITHOUT REMOVING SUBFRAME) 

UK here, here because my '06 Mazda3 2l has developed knock on the driver's side that's not the drop link and this looks like the only thing left. Manual says use rubber grease on the standard ones, split to the rear, torque figures are 40.3-54.7 Nm / 29.8-40.3 ft-lb, arrow on the bracket to the front and tighten down in the order front-back-front.

Glad you were able to fix it

Did you have a video of the clunking sounds?

Good stuff, Colton.

Gen 2 was pretty easy, Took the two bolts off the rear part of the control arm then the bracket just comes off and slide the old bushing off

Kinda tedious but doable. Thanks for another great tutorial Colton.

Always informative 😊

Good 👍

Great video !!! I have decided that I AM NOT replacing the front sway bar after watching the one good video I could find of a Gen 2 swap, on a rack... I might be wimping out, but laying on my back in winter, even in California, with short days and colder temps ( yeah I know, no snow, don't complain) is not fun . I'm going with a Progressive rear sway bar and that's it till the front end dies . 2.0 automatic , dont think I'll ever be tracking in my lifetime at age 62: got it out of my system beating two Chevy Vega's in my youth , and a 69 Camaro. the Vega with the Weber carb and the aluminum intake was fun to drive, borg warner 5 speed and front and rear sway bars ....chased my friend down west cliff drive in the mist one night : he went straight at the Y, I made the curve and swung my ass end around and wrapped it around the caution sign..... the sign was there for a reason: two Sylvania employees went out for a liquid lunch in a 53 corvette one afternoon, only one ever made it back to work..... the driver took the hit into a 4 foot cypress tree, the passenger got thrown and lived to tell about it . Let me tell you , that huge corvette steering wheel was not a good thing to hit .... I was a volunteer fireman then, my neighbor a paid San Jose Guy, we ran down the 1000 yard side street when we heard it...not a thing that we could do for that driver ..... lot's of stories, the things you see and do as a fireman on a major 4 lane highway and the most popular motorcycle hang out eatery ... it will slow you down on your street and highway driving ...... okay, enough stories sound like my 88 year old dad ( not that that's a bad thing ...)

Wow, thanks for showing us that hack! I was about to buy an engine support and drop the subframe.

Good deal. Got to do these on my '07 Speed 3 6sp manual. And was hoping I didn't have to drop the control arms that I just installed... but oh well. Life of a mechanic, I suppose. Why do we do this to ourselves... baahahaha!

I have a 2011 mazda 3 5spd auto lol worst tranny out of them all I guess but that's the best plan for motor mounts would you say? Just stock rubber ones? Only saying that because I wouldn't want too much vibrating with Polyurethane, auto is worse then standered I guess

Where did you get your bushing from or what size are they? 27mm?

what rain guards do you have?

Thanks for the video! I have an 07 speed3. Just did the front and rear sway bar bushings and endlinks. I did what you suggested about loosening the rear control arm bracket and i was able to do the whole job without removing the control arm. I do have small hands. Took a lot of extensions and patience. I also verified with my mechanic and he said the bushings i had were right. (MOOG 200675). Either way, helpful video! Thanks again for posting.

Please I want to know where to find the color code of the Mazda 3

The most legendary video i’ve seen yet

Don't need to remove lower arm to do this bud, just need puny arms and hands 😂😂 sometimes it pays to be small👍

I did same way as you on 2012 mazd 5 and one bolt snapped. Now I am in one hand in the toilet. Lol. Might have to remove sub frame anyway.

NO WAY you didn't drop the subframe to get all that room

I did it without taking the lower control arm off. It took me about 4 hours. Biggest POS I have done. There is NO space.