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Old Oct 2, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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Can you buy new rubber bushings for the upper 'dog bone' motor mounts? I think I need new ones lol.
 
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What year is it? 03?
 
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probably going to be easiest for you to just get new brackets and everything off of a junk yard car or something, why do you think you need new ones?
 
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what year is it? 03?
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 08:32 AM
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probably going to be easiest for you to just get new brackets and everything off of a junk yard car or something, why do you think you need new ones?
That would defeat the purpose of new ones, IMO.

The engine seems to jerk, WAY too much when I rev it(from under the hood). Also, 90% of the time, if I let up in the gas and coast, and hit the gas again, I can feel it jerking and makes a clunk. Feels like theres 'slack' in the mount bushings.
 
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ZZP sells these that will work: http://www.zzperformance.com/grand_p...=130&catid=138

They will cause some vibrations though so keep that in mind.
 
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Originally Posted by 7498MonteCarlo
That would defeat the purpose of new ones, IMO.

The engine seems to jerk, WAY too much when I rev it(from under the hood). Also, 90% of the time, if I let up in the gas and coast, and hit the gas again, I can feel it jerking and makes a clunk. Feels like theres 'slack' in the mount bushings.
well if you get some newer ones it would help, but you could get the polys from zzp, the vibration isnt really that much more, i thought they would be and wanted them to be but they werent too bad.
 
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i would check the others as well because of the vibration as well it sounds like they have all of the weight and trying to hold the engine. it is a percation
 
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Is there anywhere that sells just the standard, original, rubber ones? I really don't want to spend that much on those poly ones. =/
 
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Theres always the option to fill your stock ones, it's a good medium between poly and stock and will stiffen the mounts decently. Heres a link to a **shudder** mazda site that has a good how-to

http://www.mazda3club.com/showthread.php?p=413613
 



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