Mazda CX-5 Service & Repair Manual: Front Drive Shaft

Mazda CX-5 Service & Repair Manual / Drivetrain / Driveline / Driveshafts / Front Drive Shaft

Purpose, Function

A bell joint has been adopted for the wheel-side constant velocity joint, reducing vibration and noise.
A tripod joint have been adopted for the differential side constant velocity joint to reduce booming noise during high-speed driving and vibration when idling (ATX).
A low noise and vibration double offset joint with low slide resistance has been adopted for the differential side of the constant velocity joint (MTX). Due to this booming resonance at high speed is reduced.
An extremely durable plastic has been adopted for the wheel side boot.
By integrating the drive shaft on the right side with the joint shaft, vibration and noise during driving which occurred from the previous spline connection construction has been reduced.

Structural View

Driveshafts

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Front Drive Shaft (Double Offset Joint) Disassembly/Assembly

1. Disassemble in the order indicated in the table. 2. Assemble in the reverse order of disassembly. 1 Boot band (transaxle side) (See FRONT DRIVE SHAFT (TRIPOD JOIN ...

Other materials:

Oil Seal (Differential) Replacement [Fw6 A EL, Fw6 Ax EL]
Transaxle Case Side 1. Remove the front under cover No.2.. 2. Drain the ATF.. 3. Disconnect the drive shaft (LH) from the transaxle.. CAUTION: The oil seal is easily damaged by the sharp edges of the drive shaft splines. Do not let the splines contact the oil seal. 4. Remove ...

Supplemental Restraint System Components
1 Driver/Front passenger inflators and air bags 2 Roll-over sensorí, crash sensors, and diagnostic module (SAS unit) 3 Front seat belt pretensioners 4 Front air bag sensors 5 Side crash sensors 6 Air bag/front seat belt pretensioner system warning light 7 Side and curtain inflators ...

Limitations to SRS Air Bag
In severe collisions such as those described previously in “SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria”, the applicable SRS air bag equipment will deploy. However, in some accidents, the equipment may not deploy depending on the type of collision and its severity. Limitations to front/near front colli ...