Mazda 3 since 2003
1. Operation and maintenance of the car
2. Engine
3. Transmission
3.1. Coupling
3.2. Mechanical transmission
3.3. Automatic transmission
3.4. Driving mechanism
3.4.1. General information
3.4.2. Forward power shafts
3.4.3. Removal and installation of a nave of a forward wheel
3.4.4. Removal and installation of a nave of a back wheel
3.4.5. Removal and installation of a nave of a back wheel
3.4.6. Removal and installation of a forward connecting shaft
3.4.6.1. Preliminary check of a connecting shaft
3.4.6.2. Removal
3.4.7. Assembly and dismantling of a connecting shaft
3.4.8. Removal and installation of a power shaft (cars with the mechanical transmission)
3.4.9. Removal and installation of a power shaft (cars with the automatic transmission)
3.4.10. Removal and installation of a power shaft (cars with the mechanical transmission)
3.5. Tables
4. Running gear
5. Steering mechanism
6. Brake system
7. Onboard electric equipment
8. Body
 









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3.4.6.1. Preliminary check of a connecting shaft

Make sure that the connecting shaft is not twisted and has no cracks.

Fig. 3.125. Check of a connecting shaft


Turn a connecting shaft manually and check smoothness of rotation of the bearing (fig. 3.125).
Replace a shaft if necessary.

ATTENTION
Performance of the following procedures without preliminary removal of the sensor of speed of a wheel of anti-blocking system of brakes can lead to break of a chain in a plait of wires if the plait is by mistake tense. Before performance of the following operations remove the sensor of speed of a wheel of anti-blocking system of brakes (from a body) and fix it in the suitable place where the sensor will not be by mistake damaged when performing service.

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