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As noted looking to replace these (see below) as they are cracking, failing, and giving a helluva a lot more negative camber than anyone would want and wearing away the inners of my sweet winter tires!!!

Looking for a good used set (left and right) as an alternative to new ones - unless someone can point to a trusty Rock Auto listing!!


1993 Mazda MX-3 front strut bearings/bushings, top hat by ganue, on Flickr


1993 Mazda MX-3 front strut bearings/bushings, top hat by ganue, on Flickr

What a mess that the salt this year is doing!!! Didn't notice until I looked at these depressing BIG pix of underhood!!

Your best bet is rockauto or maybe ebay. I have to replace mine as well and I have 122K on mine.

If you cant find any on rockauto like mitmaks said, try ebay. Im pretty sure the listings for that whole assembly goes for $50-60 both sides front or back. Dont hold me to it but im pretty sure lol

Got new mounts locally. Installed tonight. No change to camber but the ride is a bit more smooth with new rubber in the bushings. Still fighting a camber issue. Will report any improvements.

oh wow, cleaned up battery and terminals wouldnt hurt much....


camber? have u tried an alignment. Im sure with that salt your ball joints and tie rods are in just as bad shape as mine

OK this issue is resolved.

Issue: Too much negative camber for street driving and disconnected steering feel when driving in the rain or over slushy snow. Especially evident at highway speeds. Also, extremely fast tire wear on the inside of the tires.

Solution: Loose pinch bolts on the ball joints from when I swapped them in the fall. Tightened them up and all is good. It is difficult, however, to feel when they torque up before you sheer a thread. Seems like the bolts should have a lot more thread area then the fine pitch used in the ball joint kits.

Thought strut mounts may have been a problem but were not. Not completely wasted $$ though as there are new bearings ans the ride is more smooth with the new rubber and the new mount center rubber is noticeably deeper than the old mounts - looks like the old ones fatigued vertically such that it moved "up" about 10 mm effectively lowering the car by the same amount.

So...I did it to myself. Did you?

Oh - battery terminals. I'm consciously seeing how bad they get before they go. Need new lines anyway.

Maybe you can get adjustable ball joints

Apply baking soda/water to the batttery terminals then rinse them with hot (boiling) water.

This product works great http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detai ... +chemicals

OK OK....first really nice day in beautiful Michigan and I'll take care of the battery terminals!!! Geesh!!

Hey we should meet up live in Michigan as well!!!