Our beloved 09 Mazda 5 Grand Touring needs engine / trans mounts. There are a lot of inexpensive options online. Any experience there? And four piece kit? Thanks!!!
Our beloved 09 Mazda 5 Grand Touring needs engine / trans mounts. There are a lot of inexpensive options online. Any experience there? And four piece kit? Thanks!!!
In reply to SPG123 :
I bought the cheap ones from Amazon for our 06 mazda5. Been just fine.
Only really needed tbe passengers side fluid one, really.
I've got an Anchor brand mount on the PS, sourced from Rockauto, it's adequate although quality notably less than OE. If it's not urgent, I used https://partsouq.com/ to get an OE Mazda mount for the driver's side, they are based in the Middle East. Prices are decent, and shipping reasonable -seem like a good option for OE parts. Took 2 days to despatch, then 10 days to arrive, that was mid COVID, and here in Peru where things are less than 100% efficient.
If I were to do it again, I'd source all of them from Partsouq. Parts lookup is a bit clunky, butwith patience you can find right bits.
I drove mine 206,000 miles and replaced the rear trans mount three times. The one that worked was actually for an electric focus. 100,000 miles on it when I replaced all of them while I was doing the clutch and axles at 205,000.
I'm on my 2nd P/S mount, 3rd rear mount, and I'm about to swap in my 4th trans mount in my 184k mile 2012 3. As far as the trans mount goes, I should have stuck with the factory mount. The last two trans mounts I've done were aftermarket and apparently the incorrect design for my car. I'm assuming the 5 has the same mounts as the 3, but I could be wrong.
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