1. Verify that the joint shaft is not twisted or cracked.
2. Turn the joint shaft by hand and verify that the bearing rotates smoothly and freely.

Drive shaft
Joint shaft removal/installationMazda 6 Service Manual: Snow Tires
Use snow tires on all four wheels
Do not go faster than 120 km/h (75 mph) while driving with snow tires. Inflate
snow tires 30 kPa (0.3 kgf/cm2, 4.3 psi) more than recommended on the tire pressure
label (driver's door frame), but never more than the maximum cold-tire pressure
shown on the tir ...
Mazda 6 Service Manual: Air bag module and pre-tensioner seat belt deployment procedures
Warning
A live (undeployed) air bag module and pre-tensioner seat belt may
accidentally deploy when it is disposed of and cause serious injury. Do not
dispose of a live (undeployed) air bag module and pre-tensioner seat belt.
If the SSTs (Deployment tool and Adapter harness) are not ava ...