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Well, yep, that was it... took my life in my hands and gave the wife the mallet while I held it... a little wiggle action w/ a few whacks then POP right in. and she only missed and hit my hand one time, too. Thanks guys. p.s. wow it's way past time to update my sig pics, that truck dosn't...

Thanks. Now the difficult question - do I trust my wife more to climb under the car and hold it straight, or with a mallet...(nervous)...

Hi guys. Installing a new CV on the D-side... had to trash the old one b/c it was thoroughly stuck in the back of the wheel hub, which had a trashed bearing. As though that wasn't frustrating enough (having to replace the whole hub and CV instead of a $30 bearing just b/c it was all stuck...

Hm, the MXV4 does look like a good deal - symmetrical, non-directional, $160/tire (grrr) on TireRack but currently have $70 Visa check card rebate. However - don't come in the 205/50/17 size. Just 215/55/17 and bigger.

Thanks. Looks like the Ecowing isn't available anymore? I ranked tires on TireRack by user feedback, what it looks like it that all the high-rated tires are directional or asymetric. Looks like the best value for a directional but non-asymmetric with high ratings is the General G-Max AS-03.

Past time to replace the tires. This round I'm looking mostly for comfort/quiet ride and decent weather handling over super-grip performance, since really this is my wife's car and is used for long family road trips etc (she appreciates a comfy ride more than my, er... "sprited" driving style)...

At 27k on my '10 P5, the OE tires are really shot (like belt almost showing on rears) due to the infamous rear camber issue. It was showing really bad by only 12k but I was so pissed at Mazda when I found out about this "feature" I was determined to stretch them as far as possible. But the time...

Has anyone looked into suppliers for just the parts (e.g., new) such as dealer part #'s etc? i'm all for junkyard diving, but sometimes its nice to just get a new part handed to you.. .especially when we're talking about gears.

Had to replace a wheel bearing, teh old CV was reeeall ystuck int he hub so I ended up replacing hub/CV? LCA etc. Fun, fun. Anyway, I'm having trouble getting the new CV to pop all teh way into the differential - the little C-clip on the end of the splined shaft of the CV axle seems to be...

Sethro - curious on an update on your experience w/ those continental tires. I, too have a Pro5 ;-) and it needs new shoes... lso turns out my wife's m5 will need them before long as well, i'm leaning towards these. I'm tired of noisy tires.

OK so I've found a few writeups on doing the swap, but nothing on the specific parts needed. Looks like I need a 5thgear out of a 626 - but I assume that really means 2 gears, right? The main input gear and the matching output gear? Plus some RTV... anything else? Now I just need to source those...

Actually, after a little math, changing to .60 is only a 9.9% change relative to the .755, whats in there now. That may be pretty ideal. magic question is, where to get the gears?

Holy Moly, 14% drop is huge! I''d have to do the math, that might even be a bit too much. I'll have to watch the tach closely tomorrow to see what would be more ideal, but I'm thinking maybe 8-10% max. Not long before I'll need new tires and will prob go slightly oversize. Problem there is, it...

Hey guys, looking for info on options for swapping 5th gear on the 5spd tranny, G15M-R. Would love to get lower RPMs, not just for better mileage but quieter etc. I know years ago NSN motorsports used to sell a replacement, can't find that anymore. I know it's just a swap from another Mazda/ford...

Sooo.... I let my alternator belt go a little too long... and it snapped... luckily was only a mile from home, wasn't too worried... I'd forgotten it also drived the water pump (yikes!). Figured i'd replace them both while I'm at it. Read up on it, seems easy enough task, I've done this is...

What did you have to do for the install of the the ASWC? I assume that the wires from the steering wheel have a harness coming down into the back of the stock HU? Is that where you tied it in? I'm guessing you have to cut that off to tie it in? Did you just stuff the extra box back in behind the...

Woah, so that jack isn't just the "normal" 3.5mm stereo jack, then - must also have a digital communication line that the nano taps into. Slick. i'm replacing my HU tomorrow (yes, I know it's been 5 months since I said that - but I actually ordered all the stuff...). So it sounds like that...

Getting ready to ditch the OE radio in the '10 M5, most likely getting a Pioneer AVH-P3200DVD. Looks like there are a couple of options for the steering wheel controls... e.g. Scosche, SWCPS http://www.scosche.com/products/sfID1/151/sfID2/159/sfID3/314/productID/1569 or PAC SWI-PS...

OK... so... I got the whole spindle off - but could for the life of me get the damn axle shaft pushed back out of the hub. it's really frozen in there. I have a set of HF 3-jaw gear pullers... broke 3(!) of them trying. One sheared one of the joint bolts (looks liek a crappy grade 5 or worse...

I have my front sipndle off dealing w/ the bearings. The balljoint dosn't feel bad, but teh boot is torn - so I kow it's only a matter of time. As cheap as this kidn of thing is, might as well replace it now while it's all apart anyway. I cannot, however, figure out for the life of me how it...