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thankyou Ryan,

I have made some positive progress, but I am unable to drive the car as yet as it needs to be taxed. I put the old CV back on, I noted when removing the new one form the shaft, it just slid off with no effort. Anyway, with old cv on, everything works as it did before. I hav ebeen ...

HI chaps,

so I quickly did some checking this morning. I detached the hub from the shaft, ran the engine, no knocking. What I did notice though, that even though the passenger side was spinning, the drivers wasnt, and when I put into gear the drivers side still didnt move, no knocking, but no ...

I remembered the axel nut, as for differences between atx and mtx, im not sure. Before I started this work, the driveshaft in question had movement back and forth, which is what was causing the knocking noise. Now, after fitting the new CV and lower BJ, its tight. I will check the differences ...

I did get the snap ring, and it is installed on the end of the driveshaft. The CV slotted into place nicely, and nothing is falling out, quite the opposite!

the problem is that now everything is put back together, when idling, or in gear and accelerating (car is on jack stands) there is a ...

oh I'm sorry, do you mean I have fitted the wrong CV? I am not so sure, I bought this one

http://www.jandrcvjoints.co.uk/mazda-mx ... 11279.html

pretty sure its correct?!

Thanks Ryan,

I apologise, I am still learning a bit here. You say I used the worng axel, can you explain, as I only changed the CV joint and boot (outer CV), I havent changed anything else on the driveshaft......

HI Chaps!

firstly, I apologise for dropping in unannounced, Marco from MX3uk pointed me to this forum, hopefully for some advice!

I have some, what feels like, major issues with my MX3, V6.

ok, from the beginning!

Bought my MX3 December last year, after having to let go of my MX6. Bought it with ...