Thanks for adding this and possibly helping others!

Haha well thanks, I’m glad I was able to help. Thanks for watching!

I’m glad I could help! But yes it could be from prior diagnosis. Ya I would go ahead and replace it. Thanks for watching!

@@JunkyardJunkie I did replace it as a good measure. Wife said it drives better. Although I have not driven it yet. Glad she is happy. Thanks again for great video DIY project.

You got this! Follow along with the video and you should be good to go. If you run into any problems feel free to ask. Thanks for watching!

Haha always love to hear that. Thanks for watching!

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching!

Awesome, that’s great!

Thanks! My other motor mount video goes over that. In this one even though it was leaking fluid it still had some cushioning.

Very good information. I have always thought there was torque loss with extensions. I looked it up and you are correct.

Hmm I wonder what it was for? Did it look like it came from factory that way? I’m glad you got the new one on no problems though. Thanks for watching!

My 2007 is the same way! Just a black piece of metal bolted on the side of the motor mount. It doesn't connect to anything, it's just there. The one I ordered doesn't have one, but after looking online, I've seen others with it, but can't figure out why its different. I searched for both AWD and 2WD 2007 CX-7's, and most of the listings I've seen don't have it. I found some that do have the black thing, but nothing says why it's different, and both kinds with and without it are listed under the same year, make, and model CX-7, both AWD and 2WD. Did you have any issues after installing the one without? Did it cause any lights to come on the dash? I thought maybe it was a sensor, but not even Mazd's website says anything about the two variations.

I believe the tensioner is near the bottom front. Pull on that and it will give you plenty of slack. Pro tip: when putting it back on use a smooth pulley. Because most vehicles don’t give you a ton of slack. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching!

Yes you’re fine to do so. It could be a bad motor mount or like you said sway bar end links, lower control arms or a few other things. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Yes so long as it’s the same. So, I believe the 2009 only came with the 2.3l turbo charged. So as long as you get a 2.3l turbo charged from a 2010 they’re the same. Don’t get the 2.5l unless you plan on swapping out ecm. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching!

I’ll be honest I didn’t try to take the top off. But, for your question at 5:58 that’s a rubber dampener. So it essentially will help reduce vibration and possibly noise. If you do not put it on it’ll still be ok. Thanks for watching! Hope this helps!

You’re very welcome. Thanks for watching!

Just reuse the old ones unless there is damage to the threads. Thanks for watching!

Hey thanks! Ya so if the mounts leaking you do need to replace but it’s not an emergency. You can wait till you get back. As for could it be a bad motor mount that’s causing the clunk it defiantly can cause this. Easy way to check this, is hold the break and jolt the gas pedal this will put torque on the motor if you do this hear the clunk it’s defiantly the motor mount. If you don’t hear the clunk when this happens I would suspect like you said a sway bar link or lower control arm bushing or could even be a tie rod. But, let me know how the rest I said above goes if it isn’t the motor mount I’ll give you quick tips to see which other one is causing the clunk if you need it. Thanks for watching!

@@JunkyardJunkie I appreciate it 🙏

@@JunkyardJunkie I haven’t driven my car at all since we got back from our trip. I think I’m going to wait until I drive back to Texas to get this fixed. I can’t find genuine Mazda parts in Mexico 🇲🇽 & the closest dealer is about 2-3 hours away. I don’t hear any noise from the passenger side of the engine so I hope it will be ok for me to drive another 12 hours.

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