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- From: dwsmall@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Derek 'Enzo' Small)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: a mazda 626 question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.104125.15251@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 05:41:25 GMT
- Article-I.D.: miavx1.1993Jan25.104125.15251
- References: <C1BqyG.DC2@cs.psu.edu>
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- > Well it finally happened. As you know some of the 626 have the
- > fancy struts with the suspenssion control. Mine were shot and
- > the fix was costly so I drove the darn thing for almost two years
- > with bad shocks until I started getting wet spots in the back seat
- > floor. Removing the plastic sides in the trunk revealed that the
- > strut tower has cracked where it was welded to the body (only on one side)
- >
- > Question 1: Is there a fix for it that won't cost a fortune.
- > Question 2: If the answer to 1 is yes, is there an alternative
- > source for struts for this car? The original ones
- > cost close to $120 per strut!!!
-
- I can't see where the strut is related to the cracked strut tower. Any
- decent body shop should be able to fix that but it won't be cheap. You
- may want to check with Mazda. I'm not aware of any recall but that sounds
- like a pretty serious design or construction flaw. For the struts just
- use the standard ones without the electronic control. They should be
- less, though $120.00 for factory struts isn't all that bad.
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- * Derek "Enzo" Small [san.dwsmall]@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu *
- * Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056 *
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- * " Work hard but know your limitations. Your dog can do things that would *
- * break you neck." *
- * Johnny Carson *
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