Foster524J
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- Mazda 3 2006
First post to the forum folks. Hoping to get some help with getting our 2006 Mazda 3 back on the road.
My son was a tad overzealous taking a turn on slick roads and slid sideways into a curb with a hard impact to both front and rear wheels.
First estimate from a body shop was for $1400 which included new wheels, tires, rear knee assembly. I chose to replace wheels and rear knee assembly myself (parts from same salvage yard shop uses) and reuse the tires (no visible damage). Unfortunately, two shops indicated the car could still not be aligned. Alignment was off as follows:
Second estimate from a separate mechanical shop was for $1800 indicating that the front and rear subframes were bent and needed replacement as well as well as the rear hub bearing assembly. I had just replaced the rear hub assembly (part of the knee assembly) and there is a loud humming sound at 25+ MPH from the FRONT. I was very suspicious/distrustful of the estimate.
The sub-frames are out of my league for repairing so I'm looking to rule out other issues before shelling out the $$ to replace them (was told they cannot be repaired). I had not replaced the rear shock or front strut so decided to replace those. I can see from simply eye-balling the rear tire that the camber is still off.
Next step is to replace the front hub assembly (hub, spindle, bearing) to quiet the humming but this will not help with the rear alignment.
Thoughts on what to try next?
My son was a tad overzealous taking a turn on slick roads and slid sideways into a curb with a hard impact to both front and rear wheels.
First estimate from a body shop was for $1400 which included new wheels, tires, rear knee assembly. I chose to replace wheels and rear knee assembly myself (parts from same salvage yard shop uses) and reuse the tires (no visible damage). Unfortunately, two shops indicated the car could still not be aligned. Alignment was off as follows:
Front
Camber: +1.0 (range: -1.7 - +0.3)
Toe: -1.61 (range: -0.09 - +0.28)
RearToe: -1.61 (range: -0.09 - +0.28)
Camber: +1.7 (range: -2.3 - -0.3)
Toe: -1.61 (range: -0.09 - +0.28)
Toe: -1.61 (range: -0.09 - +0.28)
Second estimate from a separate mechanical shop was for $1800 indicating that the front and rear subframes were bent and needed replacement as well as well as the rear hub bearing assembly. I had just replaced the rear hub assembly (part of the knee assembly) and there is a loud humming sound at 25+ MPH from the FRONT. I was very suspicious/distrustful of the estimate.
The sub-frames are out of my league for repairing so I'm looking to rule out other issues before shelling out the $$ to replace them (was told they cannot be repaired). I had not replaced the rear shock or front strut so decided to replace those. I can see from simply eye-balling the rear tire that the camber is still off.
Next step is to replace the front hub assembly (hub, spindle, bearing) to quiet the humming but this will not help with the rear alignment.
Thoughts on what to try next?