RE: 2004 Mazda6 Sportwagon w/ V6
Argento, thanks for these great links. A friend asked me to look at her brakes because they were squealing. I never worked on a Mazda before. The right front had two V springs, left front had no V springs and both rear wheels had one V spring. Your links says that the rear wheels should only have one V spring so it looks like the only missing hardware would be the two V springs on the left front.
Can you tell me why the rear brakes only have one V spring?[/b]
It appears that the brake on each front and rear wheel is supposed to have two springs on it (at least on the Euro models):
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In the case of your friend's car, you could move one spring over to the side that is missing a spring. Then all wheels would have one spring.
Each front and rear brake could take two springs; the photos in the How-To links clearly show that the brake pads are fitted with holes to accept a second spring.
Interesting... and this bothers me somewhat. Man, I wonder what else is missing from our cars.