FC3SDKJones

Has anyone ever changed there front diff mount? If so how hard was it cause it looks like a bitch. Mine is completely gone so i just bought the competition mount from mazdatrix. Any info would be great thanks.

Dilandau

iTrader: (3)

It's about as annoying as it looks. The important thing to remember, and I don't know if it is covered in the FSM or not is to completly unbolt the two nuts that attach the rear subframe to the car and let it hang. It was almost impossible for me to get it back in without doing that. Other than that you just take the exhaust off, the drive shaft, half shafts, lateral links, drop the front side of the subframe, and then the diff out. Put the new mount on, put the diff back in bring the subrame up to it and then bolt everything back in. Some of the nuts for the diff mount and the lateral links are the same size but different thread pitches so beware of that as well, and it's always a good idea to put alignment marks on the half shafts and drive shaft.

Anyone feel free to chime in with some more advice/ things I missed, it's been about six months since I did it.

Icemark

Covered very well in the factory manual as well as the Haynes manuals.

And you just unbolt the half shafts from the diff. You don't have to drop/remove them as Dilandau suggests (but other than that, he covered it pretty well).

Dilandau

iTrader: (3)

Yeah, sorry. I didn't mean you have to take them out of the hubs, but I can see how my wording would suggest it.