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arkansasdave
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Dec 8, 2012, 10:40 AM
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Hello, everyone I am new to this forum and what helped me find it is my car is acting different. I do my own mechanic work I have been working on cars for about 30 years. This kind of has me unsure I think it may be the tires or the trans mount. It is a 2006 Mazda 3 2.0 automatic with 67,000 miles when it shifts it pulls hard to the right you have to keep a good grip on the wheel it is like torque steer when you hit some nitrous. It didn't do this before. I found it had a bad passenger engine mount and changed it out but that didn't fix it. My tires are wearing on the inside like the caster/camber is off I am going to have that re checked I had a 4 wheel laser alignment done at the dealer last year when I put on new tires. anyway if someone has any ideas I would appreciate it I am just trying to narrow it down it also pops when I hit rough spots which it wasn't doing before that sounds to me like the sway bar by the metallic sound it has I am going to check that today.
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Discretesignals
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Dec 8, 2012, 10:56 AM
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Does it only pull on acceleration? Does it pull on braking? Inspect the lower control arm bushings.
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
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arkansasdave
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Dec 8, 2012, 12:14 PM
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It doesn't pull as bad on acceleration and not at all on braking that I have noticed. But I did see a small string of rubber hanging from the control arm bushing and I looked at it close but didn't see anything else wrong, it had the whole control arm replaced last fall with a new strut right before I bought it due to a tow truck driver putting his tie down on the control arm and tightening it too much. That bushing might be bad though. I did spray some silicone on it the other day when I noticed the piece of shaved rubber sticking out.
thanks,
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Discretesignals
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Dec 8, 2012, 12:16 PM
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Get a pry bar and pry on the control arm to see if the bushings are loose.
Since we volunteer our time and knowledge, we ask for you to please follow up when a problem is resolved.
(This post was edited by Discretesignals on Dec 8, 2012, 12:17 PM)
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arkansasdave
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Dec 8, 2012, 12:21 PM
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Ok, I'll check it out and let you know what I find.
thanks,
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arkansasdave
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Dec 8, 2012, 1:23 PM
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That was it! I sure appreciate the advice I hadn't thought about the bushing because it looked like it was brand new last fall. That thing move the tire and control arm about 1/4 to a 1/2 inch. The other side didn't move at all. Thanks again Oh and that is the sound it was making because I remember where I heard that noise before on cars I had with worn out control arm bushings.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Dec 9, 2012, 6:32 AM
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Quote">>That thing move the tire and control arm about 1/4 to a 1/2 inch<<" Yikes! Back to get an alignment too and seriously check out all steering and suspension items. That tow must have be a real dousy!
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arkansasdave
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Dec 9, 2012, 10:54 AM
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Ordered me a RayB proffesional series complete control arm with bushings and ball joint. I figured that way everything would be new and hopefully make it align real good before I put on the new tires. Thanks for all the info.
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