Track Rod End Dust Cover Mazda MX5 Mk1 Mk2/2.5 Reviews

4.4 Rating 9 Reviews

Genuine Mazda PartGenuine Mazda replacement track rod end dust cover. Quite often split, these covers prolong the life of the ball joints by stopping dirt and dust getting in, and the grease getting out!Fits all Mazda MX5 Mk1 & Mk2/2.5 models

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“car came back with failure due to cracked end dust covers with risk of damage from dirt etc found the covers on the website driopped off with th garage all good”

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Posted 5 months ago

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Posted 1 year ago

“Genuine parts from Mazda. I recommend using a G clamp and a 32 mm long socket which gives enough force to push the metal ring into place without damaging the boot. I used the ball joint press first and I tighten it a bit too hard and waste one boot. If you are using some tools that can produce a lot of pressure be careful not to tighten it too hard.”

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Posted 3 years ago

Philip Holloway

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“Quality part, that I expect to last. They are a tight fit, but the plus is that they stay in place and protect the joint. I use a piece of tube to push on the shoulder to fit and it works fine. Delivery was a little longer than normal, but probably due to Covid restrictions and perfectly acceptable.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Mike Slaughter

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“My dust boots on the OSF top upper ball joint and OS track rod end failed the MOT. Garage said new arm and end, £360. But why don’t YOU just replace the boots? Apart from splitting the joints (I’d buy a good screw pincher separator next time) it’s a simple task AS LONG AS YOU DO A BIT OF PREP.Once you have prized the old boots off, plenty of grease and just press the new ones onto a step. They are a bit of an interference fit but its rubber and it’s greased, it will go together. Once fitted, it should stay in place no matter how much you waggle the joint.Key to it is try to put the correct boot in the correct place! The rod end is bigger than the upper ball and the two boots were just in a bag. Anyway, a 30mm socket, clasp the socket and arm between both hands and squeeze. You can finish off with a G-clamp or similar but that may not be needed. No need to take the top arm off.For the rod end you’ll need a 32mm DEEP socket a normal one may not go down enough because of the ball joint thread hitting the back of the socket. Fortunately I had a bit of tubing of exactly the correct size. Support the end on some blocks of wood and press down. I used two 4inch square fence post off cuts. No need to remove the rod end – no need to have the tracking re-aligned!Don’t forget new split pins. Good luck. It’s all in the prep.”

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Posted 9 years ago

Panagiotis Mitropoulos

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“the item is of excellent condition as anyone would expect from mazda spares. i saved my track rod ends but fitting is kind of hard. i had to take my track rod ends to the a hydraulic press to fit them which was a pain. but nevertheless worth doing. In my country (Greece) no one would want to fit them to my car, trying to force me to buy new ones. i had to do this myself. I am only giving 4 stars due to the trouble i had fitting them, otherwise they re life savers...”

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Posted 9 years ago

Michael Hudson

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“Writing this review as I took a punt on there being one bad review and one good one. The boot does fit - as the positive review before this one says, use lots of grease after cleaning out the ball joint, and with something to support the track rod end from underneath, place socket wide enough to sit on the metal lip over the boot, whack socket with mallet = boot on. unfortunately I'd made the schoolboy error of not protecting the ball joint threads when splitting the ball joint, and the ball joint shaft got distorted to the point that a die won't clean it up, and I now need a new track rod end anyway! But this went on in 10 minutes and would be doing its job perfectly if it weren't for a bit of haste on my part. In summary - don't be put off by the negative review if you have a reasonable sized collection of sockets.”

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Posted 9 years ago

Jonathan Richards

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“Superb, bought this dust cover as mine was starting to split but there was no wear in the original track rod end ball joint. Deleivery was very quick as usual, the boot is top quality and fits perfectly, I applied new grease to the cleaned ball joint and used a 36mm socket over the boot and tapped into place with a mallet - perfect! recommended if your track rod end is in good shape.”

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Posted 9 years ago