hi can anyone tell me if there are any ball joints ,track rod, ends that fit in to the mazda upright ,I do not want to ream them out ,I want to keep the upright tapers as standard, top and bottom would be ideal , I want to build replacements for the original mazda ones cheers .

The Moog ES2074R balljoint is a direct swap for the top balljoint on mk1 and mk2 mx5's

Hard to find in the UK though. I bought mine form the states when I lived there.

I'm using a standard Mazda balljoint for the bottom, they're not exactly cheap but readily available. The top one is a balljoint from an E34 BMW 5 series.

cheers for the replies when you say ball joint from the bmw ,is it a actual ball joint, or the outer track rod joint , I could do with a press in type like the mx5 cheers .

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Originally posted by aliwizard
cheers for the replies when you say ball joint from the bmw ,is it a actual ball joint, or the outer track rod joint , I could do with a press in type like the mx5 cheers .

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cheers for the reply's. it might work ,I am going to make a rose jointed set ,as a replacement for the mx5 front upper ,the trouble is that the threaded part that will have to go in to a threaded boss ,it will be very close to the damper body ,I was thinking that I could cut the thread down to give me more room ,but even then it would be fixed in one position ,not a problem as I will be using rose joints on the inner end ,so I could get my caster ,camber from adjusting them, I really want to use bearings but cant find what I want ,I can get a 14 mm spherical bearing from mgillmotorsport but they don't do the cups or retaining clips ,any other good bearing suppliers that do cups clips ect ,cheers.