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JLawton
07-17-2014, 12:20 PM
Does anyone have a Miata maintenance checklist they'd be willing to share? Tried to search the threads on the SM site but came up with nothing......

Thanks

Greg Amy
07-17-2014, 12:39 PM
- Check Tires every other race
- Check Brakes every other race
- Change Oil every other race
- Load on Trailer every race

dickita15
07-17-2014, 01:39 PM
- Check Tires every other race
- Check Brakes every other race
- Change Oil every other race
- Load on Trailer every race
- Pound out Body every race

fixed that for you

Greg Amy
07-17-2014, 04:27 PM
fixed that for you
Good point.

JLawton
07-18-2014, 08:10 AM
You guys are killin' me...............

Greg Amy
07-18-2014, 08:34 AM
^^^ He thinks we're joking... :shrug:

webhound
07-18-2014, 09:12 AM
Huuuubbbbbssssss!!!

jwasilko
07-18-2014, 02:43 PM
Rear bearings and rear wheel hub, and occasionally the nuckle.
I had the bearings replaced in the off season, but the hubs weren't replaced.

Wreckerboy
07-19-2014, 03:17 AM
Not much to it.



Check (front) hubs for play every session. I always carry a spare set. Get the blueprinted ones from Mazdaspeed or somebody like Jim Drago at East Street.
Sometimes the eccentrics in the suspension will loosen up, but that's not so common since the bolt style changed in '93 and the new bolts are all that are in stock. The correct torque for those bolts is "aaaaaaaarrRRRRGHHGHGH!!!" Ft/lbs. plus a half turn.



Clean windshield, add gas.

Matt93SE
07-19-2014, 11:21 AM
If you want to take it endurance racing, here's our record:
Race 1: gas, oil, brake pads after 24 hrs.
Race 2: replace 1.6 open diff. new brake rotors after 8hrs (who knows how old the originals were)
Race 3: replace engine (since nobody thought to replace the water pump belt, lost it, and overheated the engine)
race 4: replace 1.6 open diff, replace clutch, rebuild tranny.
Race 5: replace engine installed during race #3. finally get the rest of the team to consider a maintenance plan more stringent than "pull car from barn, change oil, race".