The Mazda 6 Steering Knuckle is the main connection point between the suspension, steering gear and the front wheel hub in a sedan that allows each wheel and tire to go over the hump and roll without issue when a driver turns the steering wheel. Made as a hard one-piece upright, each Steering Knuckle provides mounting bosses on the upper strut or control arm, the lower arm, the tie-rod end and either a spindle or a bolt-in hub to keep the wheel in place, yet free to turn. Early Mazda rear-wheel-drive models engaged the spindle with the casting, and the load was transferred to tapered roller bearings in the mounted hub. When the line was switched to front-wheel-drive, subsequent Mazda Steering Knuckle assemblies took a distinct sealed bearing hub onto which the drive axle runs, making it easier to perform maintenance on the bearings while enabling power to be passed on to the wheel. Since launch and through subsequent 6 updates, those two styles have been the primary variations, the spindle style being applied on non driven or older cars, and the hub style prevailing on modern cars. Both kinds replace the outdated kingpin with upper and lower ball joints, which have less friction, less weight and more suspension travel. All Steering Knuckles are designed to survive the life of the car, but hard impacts or ball joint tapers that are out of round may require replacement to ensure accurate steering feel and tire alignment. Mazda drivers today usually check the bores during the replacement of ball joints to identify any bends at the early.
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