Caution
1. Remove in the order indicated in the table.
2. Install in the reverse order of removal.
3. Inspect the front wheel alignment. (See FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT.)


Front Upper Arm Ball Joint Removal Note
1. Support the knuckle using the jack.
2. Separate the ball joint from the knuckle using the SST.

Bolt (Front Upper Arm) Removal Note
1. Remove the nuts (3 locations) from the upper part of the front shock absorber.
2. Pull the front shock absorber and coil spring out of the way, towards the outer side of the vehicle.

3. Remove the bolts.
Clip Installation Note
1. Wipe the grease off the ball stud.
2. Fill the inside of the new dust boot with grease.
3. Install the boot on the ball joint.
4. Install the new clip using the SST.

5. Verify that the clip is installed securely to the groove.
6. Wipe away the excess grease.
Front shock absorber disposal
Front upper arm inspectionMazda 6 Service Manual: Three-way catalytic converter (twc) inspection
Note
Make sure that no HO2S DTCs have been detected. If detected, this
inspection is not applicable for TWC inspection.
1. Connect the WDS or equivalent and monitor PIDs as following.
Monitor the right TWC using O2S11 PID for upstream HO2S and O2S12 PID
for downstream HO2S.
2. Be ...
Mazda 6 Service Manual: Operating Tips for WMA
WMA is short for Windows Media*1 Audio and is the audio compression format used
by Microsoft*1.
Audio data can be created and stored at a higher compression ratio than MP3.
This unit plays files with the extension (.wma) as WMA files.
*1 Windows Media and Microsoft are registered trademarks of ...