I finally got around to changing the broken link on mt mom's car and wow was it hard. I had to torch off the connector piece and vice grip the end of the ball/bolt, heat the nut and the top was off.
The bottom was rusted and was another story (these are original ones on a 98)
after trying the same process for 15-20 min I had the nut off about 2mm. I said screw this and got out my angle grinder and in a couple min of careful grinding it was off! Only 1 dime sized shiny spot on the control arm.
Anyone have a clue why mazda went to this link design? They don't seem to last long, they cost 3X as much and are way harder to change.
The bottom was rusted and was another story (these are original ones on a 98)
after trying the same process for 15-20 min I had the nut off about 2mm. I said screw this and got out my angle grinder and in a couple min of careful grinding it was off! Only 1 dime sized shiny spot on the control arm.
Anyone have a clue why mazda went to this link design? They don't seem to last long, they cost 3X as much and are way harder to change.
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